Snyder v. Baer
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, York County
No. 65 July Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 17 August Term 1891, C. P. To tbe number and term stated of the court below, Catharine Snyder brought ejectment against Jacob H. Baer, executor of the will of Anna Shaffer, deceased, for a lot of ground in the city of York.
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No. 65 July Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 17 August Term 1891, C. P. To tbe number and term stated of the court below, Catharine Snyder brought ejectment against Jacob H. Baer, executor of the will of Anna Shaffer, deceased, for a lot of ground in the city of York. On May 5, 1891, the parties entered into a case stated, setting out the facts in substance as follows : On or about September 13,1883, Michael S. Shaffer, brother of the plaintiff and husband of the defendant’s testatrix, died seised in his demesne as of fee of a certain lot of ground in the town of Bottstown, now in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson :
We agree with the court below that this- is a close case. Its solution must mainly depend upon the proper construction of the will of Michael B. Shaffer, deceased. The testator, after expressing his desire “ to settle my wordly affairs,” thus disposes of the real estate in controversy :
“ Also I direct that my beloved wife, Anna, shall have and hold the property in Bottstown, where I now reside, said Anna to have the sole control of the same during her lifetime ; and, at the discretion of my beloved wife, Anna, she shall order my executor to sell the real…
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