Vandevort's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Butler county. This was an appeal by Jane'Vandevort, widow of John Vandevort, deceased, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court setting aside the appraisement made for her of the goods and chattels of deceased, under the Act of Assembly allowing the widow and children of a decedent to retain goods, &c., to the value of $300. The appraisement was made in October 1858, soon after the death of Mr. Vandevort; was filed October 13th 1858, and…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Butler county. This was an appeal by Jane'Vandevort, widow of John Vandevort, deceased, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court setting aside the appraisement made for her of the goods and chattels of deceased, under the Act of Assembly allowing the widow and children of a decedent to retain goods, &c., to the value of $300. The appraisement was made in October 1858, soon after the death of Mr. Vandevort; was filed October 13th 1858, and confirmed by the court December 24th following. On the 5th of October 1859, Samuel Marshall, as guardian of the minor…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Woodward, J.
The widows’ law of 14th April 1851, contemplates a prompt and finished proceeding in her behalf, immediately after the administrator has qualified himself to act. •Appraisement of the defendants’ goods is the first duty of the administrator, under the general law of his office; but it is especially so under this special enactment in beh'alf of the widow. He is to cause it to be done with all the promptitude, and in the same manner that the sheriff or constable proceeds, under the Act of 1849, when a similar amount of a debtor’s goods are…
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