Koenig's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Berks county: Of March Term 1868. This appeal was taken by Christian Koenig, trustee of Ann Smith, under the will of John Rickenbach, deceased.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Berks county: Of March Term 1868. This appeal was taken by Christian Koenig, trustee of Ann Smith, under the will of John Rickenbach, deceased. The decedent by his will, dated September 24th 1845, and proved June 25th 1845, directed his personal and real estate to be converted into money, and further provided as follows:— “ 5. It is my will that the proceeds of my real estate and personal property shall be equally distributed and divided, share and share alike, among all my children or their heirs. Only my daughter Nancy, married to Thomas Smith, shall…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Strong, J.
By his will, made in 1845, the father of the appellee made provision for the conversion of all his personal estate into money, and for the disposition of all his realty, at certain stipulated prices. He then directed that the proceeds of all his real and personal estate should be equally divided among all his children, or their heirs, except that his daughter Nancy should receive $200 less than either of the others. Had this been all, Nancy, the appellee, would have taken the absolute legal ownership of all that was thus given to her. But as…
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