Sanders's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 45, April T., 1909, by James J. Purman et al., from decree óf O. C. Greene Co., Sept. T., 1905, No. 2, in partition in Estate of Elizabeth Sanders, deceased. Petition for partition. Before Inghram, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was decree setting aside the allotment of the purparts, but otherwise confirming the inquest.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
Elizabeth Sanders died intestate, seized of land, and leaving to survive her five children, one of whom was a married daughter who subsequently died intestate, without issue, and leaving her husband to survive her. After her death, he filed a *80petition for partition, to which, in response to a rule to show cause, the respondents filed an answer denying the jurisdiction of the orphans’ court. To this answer the petitioner filed a replication and upon consideration of the pleadings and the evidence submitted upon depositions the court overruled the objection and awarded a…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Bolton v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
- Estate of DanhouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
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