Shinn's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, No. 323, Oct. T., 1894, and No. 19, Oct. T., 1895, by the administrator and a creditor, from the decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., June T., 1894, No. 73, on exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts were stated as follows by Hawkins, P. J.: “The principal question involved in this case grows out of expenditures made by the administrator on account of a certain leasehold located in the state of New York.
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Appeals, No. 323, Oct. T., 1894, and No. 19, Oct. T., 1895, by the administrator and a creditor, from the decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., June T., 1894, No. 73, on exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts were stated as follows by Hawkins, P. J.: “The principal question involved in this case grows out of expenditures made by the administrator on account of a certain leasehold located in the state of New York. The material facts are these: “ Mr. Shinn died May 5, 1892, leaving as his next of kin, Joseph A. and John K. Shinn. The assets in Pennsylvania consisted of…
1Opinion of the Court
shinn’s appeal.
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
William P. Shinn died intestate May 5, 1892, leaving as his next of kin, Joseph A. and John K. Shinn. The assets, real and personal, in Pennsylvania amounted to $211,126.92, and debts, $202,648.27. Before his death, he had taken the leasehold interest of a tract of iron ore land in Westchester county, *125New York, granting the right for twenty years to mine and remove the iron ore therefrom at a price or royalty of fifty cents per ton, and fixing a minimum production of not less than ten thousand tons, or $5,000 per year. William P. Shinn, in his…
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