Blocher v. Carmony
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was an appeal from a decree of the Orphan’s Court of Dauphin county. On the petition of the defendant, that court made an order for the sale of the real estate of Hess, in payment of his debts : and a sale took place accordingly.
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THIS was an appeal from a decree of the Orphan’s Court of Dauphin county. On the petition of the defendant, that court made an order for the sale of the real estate of Hess, in payment of his debts : and a sale took place accordingly. The confirmation of the sale was objected to by Blocher, the appellant, and by a statement of facts agreed upon in the court below, the circumstances appeared to be thus The estate in question was part of the property of William Palm, who died leaving three daughters: Mary who was married to Hess: and after his decease to Blocher, the appellant: Catherine who…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Orphan’s Court of Dauphin county, confirming the sale of a tract of land supposed to be the property of George Hess, deceased, made by his administrator, by order of the said court. Matthias Blocher, the appellant, who married the widow of George Hess, contends, that the sale ought not to have been made, because the land was the property of Hessls widow. *461It appears by the facts stated on the record, that the land in question, was part of the real estate of William Palm deceased, who died intestate, leaving a widow and three children;…
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