Assigned Estate of Zehring
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 37, March T., 1897, by Elizabeth Mease, from decree of C. P. Lebanon Co., June T., 1895, No. 473, dismissing exceptions to the report of auditor and confirming said auditor’s report absolutely. Exceptions to auditor’s report. Before Ehrgood, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 37, March T., 1897, by Elizabeth Mease, from decree of C. P. Lebanon Co., June T., 1895, No. 473, dismissing exceptions to the report of auditor and confirming said auditor’s report absolutely. Exceptions to auditor’s report. Before Ehrgood, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Superior Court. JErrors assigned were (1) in not holding that the appellant is entitled to hold the proceeds of the insurance policy during her lifetime, and apply principal and interest to make good any deficiencies in the annual income of her dower interest. (2) In not holding that…
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Opinion by
Willard, J.,
On the 4th of April, 1883, William Zehring received a deed for a farm in East Hanover township, Lebanon county, Pa., from J. H. Mease, executor of Daniel Mease, deceased, in which Elizabeth Mease, the widow of Daniel Mease, had a dower interest amounting to the sum of $3,000, upon which she was to receive the sum of $180 interest per annum during her life, and at her death the principal was to be paid to the legal heirs and representatives of Daniel Mease, deceased. Zehring purchased the farm subject to the dower interest, agreeing to pay the $180 annually during the…
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