169 Pa. 74
Decided May 30, 1895
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1895-05-30
Appeal, No. 69, July T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Lancaster Co., May T., 1895, No. 39, for plaintiff on case stated. Held: that the nephew took a fee simple estate in the land. “ This case, which is the latest utterance of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on this question, was affirmed by the Supreme Court for the reason given by the learned judge of the common pleas (Weand, J.), of Montgomery county, who held that, ‘whether intentional, or otherwise,…
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Affirmed · Decided 1895-05-30
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently September 1943
19 state decisions
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¶1The question presented in this case was well considered and rightly disposed of by the court below. It is unnecessary to add anything to what has been said by the learned president of the common pleas in his able and exhaustive opinion sent up with the record. On that opinion we affirm the judgment.
¶2Judgment affirmed.