¶1were of opinion, and so delivered it to the Jury, that the estate should be divided: and the plaintiff suffered a nonsuit.
¶2 Determined at Bucks, Ni. Pri. 15 Oct. 1773.
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Anonymous
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided September 15, 1773
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1773-09-15
JOHN FISHER, having two sons and a Daughter, made his will, and devised a plantation to his son Matthias in fee. Matthias dies in his minority, intestate, and without issue. Question:-whether his heirs at common law shall take; or it shall divide among his other brother and sisters, under the supplemental intestate law of this Province? On a trial in ejectment for the plantation, it was agreed by council, that the opinion of the Court should be conclusive to the Jury.
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