Simonton's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the decree of the orphan’s court of Dauphin county, in the matter of apportioning the assets among the creditors of the estate of John W. Simonton deceased. The facts of the case which gave rise to the decision of any principle of law, are fully stated in the opinion of the Court, which was delivered by
1Opinion of the CourtKennedy, J.
—The contest in this case lies between persons claiming to be creditors of John W. Simonton, under recognizances entered into by hitn'in his lifetime. He and his brother William, in May 1813, after the death of their father, who died intestate, leaving real estate, a widow and six children, took the real estate, appraised at 5637 dollars and 72 cents, under a decree of the orphan’s court of Dauphin county ; and entered into a joint, and several recognizance, conditioned for paying to the other heirs their respective proportions of the appraisement, and the interest on the one-third thereof to…
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