Gearhart v. Gearhart
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Allen Circuit Court; John W. Eggemcm, Judge. Proceedings on the petition of Bertha Gearhart, administratrix of the estate of Edward L. Gearhart, deceased, for an order to sell real estate. On issues formed on an answer by the Peoples Trust and Savings Company, as guardian of Mary E. Gearhart, there was a judgment against the petitioner and she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFelt, J.
Edward L. Gearhart died intestate, leaving surviving him as his only heirs at law his widow, Bertha Gearhart, and his mother, Mary A. Gearhart, who is a person of unsound mind and under guardianship. His widow was appointed administratrix of his estate by the Allen Circuit Court, and thereafter filed her petition praying for an order to sell the undivided one-fourth of the real estate of which Edward L. Gearhart died seized.
It is agreed by the parties that at the time of his death decedent owned real estate of the value of $6,000 and personal property of the value of $7,784.86; also that the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Ditton v. HartIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
- LaPlante v. ConveryIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Edwards v. HaverstickIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
- Roberts v. DimmettIndiana Court of Appeals · 1909
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