Case Name: Walton versus Willis
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1788-04
Citations: 1 Dall. 265
Docket Number: 
Parties: Walton versus Willis.
Judges: 
Reporter: Dallas
Volume: 1
Pages: 265–265

Head Matter:
Walton versus Willis.
WHERE an heir at law took an intestate’s lands at a valuation,it had been the practice of the Orphans Courts throughout the State, only to require him to give Bonds to those who were entitled, under the Act of Assembly, to a distributive share of the estate.

Opinion:
The Chief Justice
said, in the course of the argument in this cause, that the practice above mentioned, was illegal and improper; for, the Orphans Courts ought, instead of Bonds, which are a mere personal security, to take Recognizances, by which the lands themselves would be bound for the payment of the distributive shares. He added, that the Court would not enter into a retrospect upon this subject; but that, for the future, they would expect a conformity to the opinion now given.
For the decision in the principal case, see post.