That every will shall be in writing, and unless the person making the same .shall be prevented by the extremity of his last sickness, shall be signed by him at the end thereof, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and in all... Pennsylvania State Reports - Page 233by Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - 1858Full view - About this book
| Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1832 - 446 pages
...ofthedeath of such tenant for life, or other person, be disposed of by will in like manner. Section VI. Every will shall be in writing, and, unless the person...the extremity of his last sickness, shall be signed 07 him at the end thereof, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction; and in... | |
| New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 930 pages
...94; Rohrer v. Stehman, 1 Waits 463; Frew \. Clarke, SO Pa. St. 170, 178. The act requires only that "every will shall be in writing, and, unless the person...signed by him at the end thereof or by some person in bis presence and by his eipress direction, and in all eases shall be proved by the oaths or affirmations... | |
| Pennsylvania. Laws, statutes, etc - Law - 1833 - 582 pages
...and unless wjlla to b(J the person making the same shall be prevented by the extre- written and mity of his last sickness, shall be signed by him at- the end proved on thereof, or by some person in his presence, and by his express °«'h. &c. direction, and... | |
| Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Frederick Watts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1841 - 536 pages
...that it be signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, unless the person making the same shall be prevented by the extremity of his last sickness; and if it be otherwise signed, no subsequent ratification of it by the testator will give it validity.... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1854 - 780 pages
...construction of their previous laws concerning wills, induced a change by act of 1833, requiring "that every will shall be in writing, and unless the person...the end thereof, or by some person in his presence and by hi* Ti EM 1854.] Danley. Auditor, Ac. vs. Wliiteley. ev PITHS direction; and in all cases, shall... | |
| Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - Society of Friends - 1848 - 856 pages
...testator is made, is void and insufficient. The act of Assembly of the 8th of April, 1833, requires that " every will shall be in writing, and unless the person...the end thereof, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction." In the case of Asay vs. Hoover, reported in the Pennsylvania Law Journal,... | |
| Law - 1850 - 600 pages
...the opinions of this Court, be very seriously questioned. The terms of the act of 1833 are, that " every will shall be in writing, and, unless the person...the end thereof, or by some person in his presence and by his express direction," &.CThe phrase, " signed by him at the end thereof," has been interpreted... | |
| Delos White Beadle - Commercial law - 1851 - 370 pages
...than the amount actually received, such transactions shall not be deemed usurious. Wills. WIT.TS must be in writing ; and, unless the person making the...the end thereof, or by some person in his presence and by his express direction, and Jn all cases shall be proved by the oaths or affirmations of two... | |
| Delos White Beadle - Commercial law - 1852 - 366 pages
...deemed asurioa's. Wills. WILLS mast be in writing ; and, unless the person making the same shall b0 prevented by the extremity of his last sickness, shall...the end thereof, or by some person in his presence and by his express direction, ancl in all cases shall be proved by the oaths or affirmations of two... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 736 pages
...wills, shall be effectual to pass any estate, unless it be in writing, and signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, or by his express direction, and attested and subscribed, in the presence of the testator, by two or more competent witnesses. What... | |
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