Appeal of Reber
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FROM THE DECREE OE THE ORPHANS’ COURT OE BERKS COUNTY. No. 144 January Term 1889, Supt. Ct. On January 20, 1888, Esther Reber, executrix of Samuel Reber, deceased, filed her account showing a balance due the estate of 1769.33. The account was called for adjudication on March 5, 1888, when the following facts were made to appear: Samuel Reber died on May 10, 1886, leaving a widow, Esther, the executrix of his will, five children and a grandchild, the son of A. K. Reber,…
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FROM THE DECREE OE THE ORPHANS’ COURT OE BERKS COUNTY. No. 144 January Term 1889, Supt. Ct. On January 20, 1888, Esther Reber, executrix of Samuel Reber, deceased, filed her account showing a balance due the estate of 1769.33. The account was called for adjudication on March 5, 1888, when the following facts were made to appear: Samuel Reber died on May 10, 1886, leaving a widow, Esther, the executrix of his will, five children and a grandchild, the son of A. K. Reber, deceased. By his will dated January 30, 1883, he bequeathed all his estate to his widow for life ; after her death his…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
When Abraham K. Reber died, April 26, 1879, he owed his father, Samuel Reber, a certain amount of money, represented by two promissory notes ; one of $617.50, due April 1,1878, the other of $100, due October 20, 1878. His estate was insolvent, and when the account of his administratrix was referred to an auditor, Samuel Reber presented these notes: they were adjudicated by the auditor; the sum of $295.18 was allowed and paid upon the one note and $76.93 upon the other.
Samuel Reber, the holder of these notes, died May 10, 1886. On April 20, 1873, he had…
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