Legal Opinion

Pringle v. Rogers

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 6, 1899No. Appeal, No. 329PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal, No. 329, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., May T., 1893, No. 701, on verdict for plaintiff. Ejectment for a lot of land in the borough of Kingston. Before Bennett, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned among others was answer to point quoted in the opinion of the Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Dean,

Alexander J. Pringle, of Luzerne county, died in 1881, leaving a will whereby he devised a life estate in all his real and *95personal property to his wife, Mary C. Pringle, this appellant, with remainder to his children. It was discovered after Ms •death that he was largely insolvent. Abram Nesbit, having been appointed administrator with the will annexed, petitioned the orphans’ court for an order to sell the testator’s real estate for payment of his debts, which order was granted October 14, 1882. The petition purported to give an exact description of tracts and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lycoming Mutual Insurance v. SailerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
  2. Sackett v. TwiningSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. ELDERKIN Et Ux. v. GasterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Detwiler v. ColdrenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  3. Shafer Et Ux. v. Ekstrand Et Ux.Oregon Supreme Court · 1932
  4. Donaldson v. FellabaumSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  5. Myer v. CurrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927

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