Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1792

Bloomfield v. Budden

Bloomfield v. Budden
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided July 1, 1792
2 U.S. 183 (United States Reports)

Bloomfield v. Budden

Opinion of the Court

The Court ordered that the money be paid the widow, she giving secutrity; that her executors, or administrators, should account for it, after her death, to those in remainder. And in case such security was not given, then that the money be paid to those in remainder, they giving security to pay the annual interest thereof, to the widow during her natural life.*

This latter rule had been adopted by the Court of Common Pleas in the case of Whiteball versus Houston.

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