Estate of Eshelman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 190 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown. John Eshelman died without issue on October 6, 1885, leaving a widow, Annie E. Eshelman, the appellant, and six sisters, whose names appear in the quotation from his will below.
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No. 190 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown. John Eshelman died without issue on October 6, 1885, leaving a widow, Annie E. Eshelman, the appellant, and six sisters, whose names appear in the quotation from his will below. The will of the decedent was dated June 20, 1885, and was admitted to probate on October 12, 1885. By said will, the testator devised a certain lot to David G. Beidleman; bequeathed certain chattels to two of his sisters respectively; directed the conversion into money of all the residue of his property, real and personal, and bequeathed to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Green:
If the bonds given by the decedent to his sisters were founded upon an actual, bona-fide indebtedness, previously due by him to them, the estate of the decedent was insufficient for the payment of his debts, and all other questions raised upon the record become unimportant. The auditor has found in an elaborate and exhaustive opinion that the bonds are all legitimate debts of the testator, and entitled to come in on the fund .for distribution. In this finding the learned court below has concurred, and has confirmed the auditor’s report. It is true that the auditor…
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