Eby's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county t Of May Term 1877, No. 98. Appeal of Mary Eby and others, legatees under the will of Jacob Schumacher, deceased, from the decree of the court making distribution of the proceeds of the estate of said decedent. Jacob Schumacher died in Lancaster county in 1836,'leaving a will dated August 26th of that year.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county t Of May Term 1877, No. 98. Appeal of Mary Eby and others, legatees under the will of Jacob Schumacher, deceased, from the decree of the court making distribution of the proceeds of the estate of said decedent. Jacob Schumacher died in Lancaster county in 1836,'leaving a will dated August 26th of that year. He died owning considerable real and personal estate, and left surviving him his widow and four children, to wit, Christian, Esther, married to Abraham Shelly, Elizabeth and Mary and three grandchildren, the children of Jacob, a deceased…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
The main intent of the testator was to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife and two unmarried daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, for and during their several lives. For this purpose he set apart his plantation adjoining John Becker and others, together with the furniture of his house, stock, farming utensils, &c., and should the property so set apart prove insufficient to afford the maintenance thus designatéd, he directed that it should be supplemented from other parts of his estate. Having in this manner carefully provided for those whom he considered the most dependant1 upon his…
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