Hower's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal by George Hower, administrator, &c., of Samuel Hower, deceased, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Cumberland county, dismissing his application for a sale of the real estate of the dece.dent.
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Appeal by George Hower, administrator, &c., of Samuel Hower, deceased, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Cumberland county, dismissing his application for a sale of the real estate of the dece.dent. The administrator presented a petition October 23d 1866, setting forth that the decedent died seised of certain real estate, describing it, and setting out his heirs, amongst others, Hannah Slaybaugh, the wife of Henry Slaybaugh; that the estate was subject to the lien of a judgment and other debts not of record, “ and for the reason that it was greatly to the interest and advantage of all…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, July 3d 1867, by
Thompson, J.
— The proceedings in this case were instituted in the Court below, under the provisions of the Act of 18th April 1853, an Act “relating to the sale and conveyance of real estate.”
The object of the proceedings, as áppears by the appellant’s petition to the Orphans’ Court, was for the purpose of obtaining a decree of confirmation of a private sale made by the heirs of *340Samuel Hower, deceased, with one exception of certain real estate alleged to have been the property of the decedent.
The petition of the appellant, the…
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