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· 4/29/1889

Appeal of Major

Citations

  • 126 Pa. 109
  • 17 A. 535
  • 1889 Pa. LEXIS 843

Syllabus

<p>(a) J. M. executed a bond to his son G. B. M., in the sum of $3,000, • conditioned that if he, the said J. M. “shall well and truly leave by bequest of will unto the said G. B. M., the farm on which he dwells and owns, with certain stipulations to be put therein, so that the said G. B. M.’s interest therein shall exceed the amount of his heirship to the amount of $3,000, then this obligation to be null and void.”</p> <p>1. The proper construction of the bond was, that J. M. should devise .his farm to G. B. M., subject to certain stiimlations not specified, yet in sneli a way that G. B. M. should realize his full share as heir, and the sum of $3,000 besides.</p>

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  • \A referee should restrict remand proceedings to the purpose indicated by the Board's order.. . .\
  • “A referee should restrict remand proceedings to the purpose indicated by the Board’s order. ...”
  • a referee should restrict remand proceedings to the purpose indicated by the Board’s order; to allow the referee to do otherwise would result in unnecessary confusion

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Judges: Clark, Green, Mitchell, Paxhon, Sterrett

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