Klinker's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, distributing the proceeds of sale of certain real estate, sold by virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas', at the suit of Abraham Jacoby, administrator of the goods, &c., of Elias , Klinker, deceased, against Jacob Klinker.
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This was an appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, distributing the proceeds of sale of certain real estate, sold by virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas', at the suit of Abraham Jacoby, administrator of the goods, &c., of Elias , Klinker, deceased, against Jacob Klinker. The material facts were as follows: On the 18th of March, 1811, John Klinker executed a sealed note, or single bill, bearing that date, whereby he promised to pay to John Williams, or order, the sum of 17i. 2s. (id., lawful money of the United States, “ when Jacob Klinker, the son of…
1Opinion of the Court
.The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
John Klinker, in his lifetime, was seized of the land, from the sale of which the money in dispute arose. While so seized, he made the following single bill, which, it would seem, was intended to have been signed also by his son Jacob:
“ We promise to pay, or cause to be paid, unto John Williams, or order, the just and full sum of seventeen pounds two shillings and six pence, lawful money of the United States,' and that when Jacob Klinker, the son of Catherine Harpst, shall arrive at 21 years of age, with lawful interest to be paid annually,…
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