Estate of High
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Berks County
Nos. 134,140,141 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below number and term not given. On January 25, 1887, Abner K. Stauffer, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a., of the estate of Esther High, deceased, settled an account of his administration. ' The account, showing a balance due the estate of $3,844.28, embraced on its debit side an item as follows : “Received of Sara L. Keim, executrix of DeBenneville Keim, deceased, as per adjudication filed on her account n the Orphans’…
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Nos. 134,140,141 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below number and term not given. On January 25, 1887, Abner K. Stauffer, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a., of the estate of Esther High, deceased, settled an account of his administration. ' The account, showing a balance due the estate of $3,844.28, embraced on its debit side an item as follows : “Received of Sara L. Keim, executrix of DeBenneville Keim, deceased, as per adjudication filed on her account n the Orphans’ Court of Berks County and now absolute, ...... $2,667.56.” On March 7, 1887, the account was called for audit before…
1Opinion of the Court
*234KEIM’S APPEAL.
Opinion,
Mb. Chibe Justice Paxson :
It was beld in Keim’s App., 125 Pa. 480, tbat under the will of Esther High, deceased, Isaac H. Keim and DeBenneville Keim took but a life-estate, with remainder to their children respectively. Our attention is now called to the fact that in 1856, the said life-tenants, Isaac H. Keim and DeBenneville Keim, obtained an order of sale under the act of 1853, known as the Price Act, for the purpose of barring contingent remainders, and that the real estate was sold in pursuance thereof. It is claimed that the remainders to the children were…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miller's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
- McBride's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
- Braman's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
- Appeal of KeimSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Appeal of WintonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
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- Williams' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Crosetti's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Qualters' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- In Re Estate of LivingstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Moore's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
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