Wistar v. Scott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term, 1883, No. 172. Ejectment, by John M. Scott, Lewis A. Scott Jr., a minor, by his guardian Lewis A. Scott, and Alexander H. Scott, a minor, by his guardian Lewis A. Scott, against Richard Wistar and William Lewis Wistar, and others tenants in possession of said Richard and William Lewis Wistar, for certain premises in the city of Philadelphia. Plea not guilty.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term, 1883, No. 172. Ejectment, by John M. Scott, Lewis A. Scott Jr., a minor, by his guardian Lewis A. Scott, and Alexander H. Scott, a minor, by his guardian Lewis A. Scott, against Richard Wistar and William Lewis Wistar, and others tenants in possession of said Richard and William Lewis Wistar, for certain premises in the city of Philadelphia. Plea not guilty. The following case stated was filed: It is agreed that in the above action the following ease be stated for the opinion and judgment of the Court, with like…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
The single question presented by this record has been so fully and satisfactorily discussed by the learned president of the Common Pleas that little, if anything, can be profitably added to what he has said in the clear and exhaustive opinion upon which the judgment of that Court is based.
After devising the “Prospect Hill” lot to his daughters Catharine and Sarah “for and during all the term of their *214natural lives, and the life of the survivor of them,” the testator disposed of the estate in remainder in the following words: “ And from and immediately after the decease of the survivor of…
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