Sheeley v. Neidhammer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 127, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., Feb. T., 1897, No. 284, on case stated.
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Appeal, No. 127, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., Feb. T., 1897, No. 284, on case stated. Case stated to determine the title to real estate, as follows: On October 30, 1888, Frederick J. Sheeley made his last will and testament, which was duly probated in the register’s office of Cumberland county on March 10, 1888. Among the provisions of the said will were the following: “ And to my two sons Samuel Sheeley and William H. Sheeley I sell my homestead farm for seven thousand dollars and of the same, I give bequeath and cancel for my two sons, Samuel Sheeley…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The single question presented by this appeal is, what estate did William H. Sheeley take in the “ homestead farm ” under the will of his father? The provisions of the will from which an answer to this question must be gathered are four in number. In the first of these the testator says, “I sell my homestead farm to my sons Samuel and William H. Sheeley for-seven thousand dollars; ” and of this sum he gives $2,000 to each of the sons, and charges them with $3,000, the balance of his valuation of the farm, to be paid to his estate. In the second provision he…
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