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ALLEN'S EXECUTORS v. ALLEN ET AL.

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59 U.S. 385 (1856)

18 How. 385

15 L.Ed. 396

JOSEPH WILKINS, TENANT, AND FRANCIS G. BAILEY, JOSEPH PEACOCK, AND SAMUEL BAILEY, EXECUTORS OF MICHAEL ALLEN, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. DAVID ALLEN, MARTHA ALLEN, CATHERINE ALLEN, AND ISABELLA ALLEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 7, 1856.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Williams, for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Loomis and Mr. Stanton, for the defendants.

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

Michael Allen, of the city of Pittsburg, made his will in 1849, by which he bequeathed to his wife, for life, his dwelling-house in said city, with two lots of ground occupied by him and her as a garden. He also gave her the household furniture and library. "And still furthermore," he declares, "that, first and foremost, there shall be secured to my dear wife, on my real...

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