Weekly Notes of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the County Courts of Philadelphia, and the United States District and Circuit Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Volume 14Kay & Brother, 1884 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... real estate - Act of March 29 , 1832 - Act of April 18 , 1853 , " Price Act " -Guardian ad litem - Not to be appointed without notice to minors or next of kin . Sur petition to sell real estate at private sale , and to invest purchase ...
... real estate - Act of March 29 , 1832 - Act of April 18 , 1853 , " Price Act " -Guardian ad litem - Not to be appointed without notice to minors or next of kin . Sur petition to sell real estate at private sale , and to invest purchase ...
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... real estate . same to his wife and daughter Margaret for the petition , proceedings in their nature distinct and ... real This petition is therefore defective in combining estate at public or private sale , and the proceeds with an ...
... real estate . same to his wife and daughter Margaret for the petition , proceedings in their nature distinct and ... real This petition is therefore defective in combining estate at public or private sale , and the proceeds with an ...
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... estate , and con- The commissioners reported that they had tributed all her means to the support and main - divided the real estate of the decedent into five tenance of the family of defendant . The Court granted a compulsory nonsuit ...
... estate , and con- The commissioners reported that they had tributed all her means to the support and main - divided the real estate of the decedent into five tenance of the family of defendant . The Court granted a compulsory nonsuit ...
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... real estate in New York was devised to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York , and that in Pennsylvania to the Archbishop of that State . The real estate and certain personalty in Penn- sylvania , in which the petitioner has an ...
... real estate in New York was devised to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York , and that in Pennsylvania to the Archbishop of that State . The real estate and certain personalty in Penn- sylvania , in which the petitioner has an ...
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... real estate , at the audit of the administratrix's account as trustee to make sale . To the allowance of this claim exceptions were filed by the heirs of the decedent . The present account is that of the administra- trix , as trustee to ...
... real estate , at the audit of the administratrix's account as trustee to make sale . To the allowance of this claim exceptions were filed by the heirs of the decedent . The present account is that of the administra- trix , as trustee to ...
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Act of April action affidavit agreement alleged amount Appeal apply April 9 assessment assigning for error Assumpsit attorney Bank Barr bill bonds Casey charge claim Commissioners Common Pleas Commonwealth contract corporation County court of equity creditors damages Dauphin County death debt deceased decedent decree deed defendant in error duty entered entitled equity evidence execution executors facts February 19 fee simple fendant filed fraud fund garnishee Harris heirs held husband intention inter alia interest issue John judgment June 13 jurisdiction jury land letters testamentary liable lien March March 29 ment mortgage Norris opinion owner paid parties payment Pennsylvania person petition Phila Philadelphia plaintiff in error possession proceedings purchaser question real estate recover refused rule scire facias sheriff sheriff's sale statute suit testimony thereof tion took this writ trial trust verdict WEEKLY NOTES wife witness words
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Page 177 - And be it further enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 501 - No act of the General Assembly shall limit the amount to be recovered for injuries resulting in death, or for injuries to persons or property ; and, in case of death from such injuries, the right of action shall survive, and the General Assembly shall prescribe for whose benefit such actions shall bo prosecuted. No act shall prescri be any limitations of time, within which suits may be brought against corporations for injuries to persons or property...
Page 94 - In all elections for directors or managers of a corporation, each member or shareholder may cast the whole number of his votes for one candidate, or distribute them upon two or more candidates, as he may prefer.
Page xiii - With respect to the former case it is to be observed, that where there is any defect, imperfection, or omission in any pleading, whether in substance or form, which would have been a fatal objection upon demurrer ; yet if the issue joined be such as necessarily required on the trial proof of the facts so defectively or imperfectly stated or omitted, and without which it is not to be presumed that either the judge would direct the jury to give, or the jury would have given the verdict, such defect,...
Page 286 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 18 - If any person who is liable to any of the actions mentioned in this chapter, shall fraudulently conceal the cause of such action from the knowledge of the person entitled thereto, the action may be commenced at any time within...
Page 79 - ... the measure of damages is the difference in the value of the land before and after the cutting or destruction complained of.
Page 24 - In such cases the occasion prevents the inference of malice, which the law draws from unauthorized communications, and affords a qualified defence depending upon the absence of actual malice. If fairly warranted by any reasonable occasion or exigency, and honestly made, such communications are protected for the common convenience and welfare of society ; and the law has not restricted the right to make them within any narrow limits.
Page 259 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to annul, destroy, or impair any lawful rights of married women, or minors, or any liens, mortgages, or other securities on property, real or personal, which may be valid by the laws of the States respectively, and which are not inconsistent with the provisions of the second and fifth sections of this act.
Page 455 - all devises of real estate shall pass the whole estate of the testator in the premises devised, although there be no words of inheritance or of perpetuity, unless it appear, by a devise over or by words of limitation, or otherwise, in the will, that the testator intended to devise a less estate.