Spangler v. York County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to Common Pleas of Torle Qounty. This was an amicable action of debt, entered by York county against Charles Weiser, one of the executors of and trustees under the will of Jacob Spangler, Esq., deceased, and Catharine A. Spangler, widow of said deceased, for the purpose of settling the questions of law arising from the facts stated in the following case, without regard to form.
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Error to Common Pleas of Torle Qounty. This was an amicable action of debt, entered by York county against Charles Weiser, one of the executors of and trustees under the will of Jacob Spangler, Esq., deceased, and Catharine A. Spangler, widow of said deceased, for the purpose of settling the questions of law arising from the facts stated in the following case, without regard to form. Case stated as follows, as if found by special verdict, with the right to either party to sue out a writ of error: Jacob Spangler, a citizen of York county, made his last will and testament, (prout the same made…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bell, J.
Jacob Spangler, by his will, after giving certain items of real and personal property, directed the residue of his estate to be sold, and the balance ascertained by his executors’ accounts, to be disposed of as follows: “My wife, Catharine, shall have the interest of the dower fund, or third part of the whole, &c., which said interest shall be paid my said wife annually, during her natural life or widowhood, which said dower fund shall be vested out on good real estate, and the other two-thirds of all my real and personal estate shall be…
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