Crawford's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 373, Jan. T., 1907, by The College Tract Residence Company, from decree of O. (3. Delaware Co., confirming sale of real estate in estate of Cornelius C. Y. Crawford, deceased. Petition for sale of decedant’s real estate. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court below in an opinion signed by Johnson, P. J., and Broomall, J., entered a decree confirming the sale. Error assigned was the decree of the court confirming the sale.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
Cornelius C. Y. Crawford died August 16, 1905, intestate, and without issue, leaving a widow and collateral heirs. On October 1, 1906, the widow and one of the heirs presented a petition to the court below for’ the sale of the real- estate of which he was seized at the time of his death. The petition averred that it was presented under the Act of April 18, 1853, P. L. 503, but without such an averment it must be regarded as having been presented under that act. The order of sale was asked for because the real estate was “ subject to the lien of debts not of record,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bindley's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
- Demmy's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
- Overdeer's Administrator v. UpdegraffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
- Brown's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
- Leshey v. GardnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842
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