Jacobs v. Whitney

This is a petition for the partition of land in Winchester of which one Asa Whitney died seised in fee simple in 1873. The question in the case relates to the construction of the sixth article of his will. . At the time of his death he was domiciled in Philadelphia and the will was drawn and executed there. It was duly admitted to probate in Philadelphia in 1874, and in 1875 was admitted to probate as a foreign will in the Probate Court for Middlesex County in this State, and the trustees named in the will were duly appointed and qualified by that court. The judge of the Superior Court by…