Estate of Woodrow
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Lancaster County
No. 302 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown. On January 18, 1890, Harriet H. Passmore and others presented their petition showing that they were children and heirs at law of James Woodrow, who died on or about December 13, 1880, seised in fee of a tract of land containing one hundred and sixteen acres, more or. less, in Little Britain township; that, by proceedings duly had in the Orphans’ Court for Lancaster county, the said land was sold for…
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No. 302 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown. On January 18, 1890, Harriet H. Passmore and others presented their petition showing that they were children and heirs at law of James Woodrow, who died on or about December 13, 1880, seised in fee of a tract of land containing one hundred and sixteen acres, more or. less, in Little Britain township; that, by proceedings duly had in the Orphans’ Court for Lancaster county, the said land was sold for the payment of the debts of said decedent; that one third of the proceeds of sale,' “ after payment of debts, remained…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Sterrett :
Exactly in what form the “ charge,” out of which the claim involved in this appeal grew, stands upon the records of the court below, does not appear. The effect of the sale made for payment of debts was to divest, not only the estate which was In James Woodrow, deceased, but that of his widow, and vest them in Robert A. Evans. This “ charge ” was undoubtedly part of the price; and the implication is that it was a deferred instalment, secured on the land sold under the order of that court.
Assuming, for the purposes of this appeal, that Robert A. Evans became…
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