Sarver's Estate

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

A petition of certain heirs of William Sarver was presented to the Orphans’ Court of Somerset County for a decree to enforce the payment of their respective shares in a dower principal set aside in a partition proceeding.

William Sarver died, intestate, August 31, 1906, the owner of a certain tract of land located in Allegheny Township, Somerset County, containing 229 acres. He left to survive him a widow, five children, and four grandchildren, the children of a deceased daughter. A partition proceeding was instituted, and on February 24,1908, the land was awarded to…