Phipps v. Sappenfield
Indiana Supreme Court
From Washington Circuit Court; Wm. H. Paynter, Special Judge. Petition by Emanuel Sappenfield, administrator of the estate of Catherine M. Phipps, for an order to sell real estate to pay debts. From a judgment for petitioner, Robert A. Phipps, surviving husband of the intestate, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtIbach, J.
Appellee, as administrator of the estate of Catherine M. Phipps, brought a petition in the court below for an order directing him to sell certain described real estate in order to pay the debts of her estate. Appellant, the surviving husband of Catherine M. Phipps, answered in four paragraphs, and parts of his second and third paragraphs of answer and all of his fourth paragraph of answer were stricken out on motion of appellee. It is urged that the court erred in sustaining these various motions to strike out.
The answers aver, in substance, that William F. Phipps, the son of Catherine M.…
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