Hoak v. Hoak
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Lebanon county. This was a feigned issue, directed by the orphans’ court to the common pleas of Lebanon county, in which Jacob Hoak and others were plaintiffs, and Michael Hoak and others were defendants.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Lebanon county. This was a feigned issue, directed by the orphans’ court to the common pleas of Lebanon county, in which Jacob Hoak and others were plaintiffs, and Michael Hoak and others were defendants. In this court the form of the issue did not appear, but it was, in substance, to ascertain the truth and validity of certain entries, in a book, purporting to have been the entries of advancements made by George Hoak deceased, to his children, and referred to in his will. The plaintiffs’ counsel offered Jacob Hoak, one of the plaintiffs, as a witness, he having…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The defendants in error were the plaintiffs below; and the first error assigned is, that the court admitted Jacob Hoak, one of the plaintiffs below, to testify as a witness on their behalf. This was done after Jacob Hoak had executed an assignment of all his interest under the will of George Hoak, the decedent, to Jacob Weidman, Esq.; and after Henry Strohm and Jacob Becker had deposited 50 dollars to cover all costs due, or that might accrue; and a relinquishment of all claim by the plaintiffs below to costs, connected with an agreement on…
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