Dech v. Gluck
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was an action in the court below, in which Solomon Dech, administrator, &c., of Jacob Dreisbach, the younger, deceased, was plaintiff, and Aaron Gluck defendant, and in' which the following case was stated for the opinion of the court:— “ Jacob Dreisbach, the elder, of Allen township, in the county of Northampton, died about the year 1817, leaving one son, Jacob (the plaintiff’s intestate), and five daughters, to wit:…
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Error to the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was an action in the court below, in which Solomon Dech, administrator, &c., of Jacob Dreisbach, the younger, deceased, was plaintiff, and Aaron Gluck defendant, and in' which the following case was stated for the opinion of the court:— “ Jacob Dreisbach, the elder, of Allen township, in the county of Northampton, died about the year 1817, leaving one son, Jacob (the plaintiff’s intestate), and five daughters, to wit: Mary, intermarried with Jacob Boyer ; Sarah, intermarried with John Rothroek; Elizabeth, intermarried with John Siegfried;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate accepted a share of his deceased father’s estate at the valuation made in partition, and entered into recognisance for the payment of the interest on the same to the widow for life, and the principal to the heirs entitled at her death.
The effect of the recognisance, under the facts stated, on the interest of the representatives of the recognisor, is the question nowr before us. Before proceeding to this, we may as well say here, that, as no objection seems to have been made to the administrator as a proper party…
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