Legal Opinion

Adams v. Adams

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 15, 1835PublishedCited by 15 opinions

ERROR to the common pleas of Huntingdon county. The facts of this case are fully stated in the opinion of the Court, which was delivered by

1Opinion of the CourtKennedy, J.

—Each party sued out a writ of error in this case. It appears to be an action of assumpsit, brought in that court by Thomas Wilson, surviving administrator of John Adams deceased, against Thomas Adams and John Douglass, administrators of James Adams-deceased, to recover two several sums of money. The one mentioned in the first count of the declaration is 455 dollars; which the plaintiff claims of the defendants on the following ground. James Adams, the intestate of the defendants, in his lifetime became the highest bidder at a sale then making-of the real estate of John Adams, the intestate…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. M'Coy v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1828

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Gaskell v. MorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1844
  2. Bailey v. BaileySupreme Court of Vermont · 1894
  3. Calhoun v. Commercial Credit Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  4. Dickson v. McCartneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  5. Hartman v. PembertonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904

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