Ludwick's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 99, Oct. T., 1916, by Mary O. McCutcheon and, Martha Ludwick, from decree of O. O. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1915, No. 78, permitting petitioners to take a decedent’s real estate, at an appraisement, in Estate of Jacob Ludwick, deceased. Petition for rule on certain heirs and legatees of a de-' cedent to show cause why petitioners should not take real estate at an appraisement. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 99, Oct. T., 1916, by Mary O. McCutcheon and, Martha Ludwick, from decree of O. O. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1915, No. 78, permitting petitioners to take a decedent’s real estate, at an appraisement, in Estate of Jacob Ludwick, deceased. Petition for rule on certain heirs and legatees of a de-' cedent to show cause why petitioners should not take real estate at an appraisement. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court awarded the relief prayed for. BarclayWestmoreland Trust Company, Guardian of Cora Gertrude Kiebler, formerly Cora Gertrude Ludwick, a minor,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
Jacob Ludwick, the testator, died March 13,1914. By his last will, dated October 16, 1900, he directed, inter alia, as follows: “3rd. I will and devise that my Ad*550ministrator shall appoint three disinterested men, who shall, under oath, value and appraise my real estate, that is, the farm on which I now reside, and it is my will that my son William Ludwick shall take my real estate at said appraisement. But if William should refuse to take my real estate at said appraisement, then my daughters, Mary C. McCutcheon, Martha Ludwick, Matilda Anderson, and Susanna…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Boger's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1849
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