Morrison v. Morrison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Washington county. James Gracey, trustee of the estate of James Morrison, deceased, against James Morrison and George Morrison. This case is fully stated in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the Court
*517The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
This cause was assumpsit on a note given by James and George Morrison, under the following circumstances : James Morrison, the elder, having died, his estate was appraised, and none of the heirs electing to take it, was sold by order of the Orphans’ Court. The amount of the widow’s third was $854.33, for which the note in question was given, as follows :
“We, James Morrison and George Morrison, do hereby acknowledge to owe to David Miller, trustee appointed by the Orphans’ Court of Washington county, for the estate of James Morrison, deceased,…
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