Yocum's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 379, Jan. T., 1912, by William P. King, Executor of the last will and testament, of Annie K. Yocum, deceased, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., May T., 1912, No. 64, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Jesse Yocum, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Smith, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 379, Jan. T., 1912, by William P. King, Executor of the last will and testament, of Annie K. Yocum, deceased, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., May T., 1912, No. 64, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Jesse Yocum, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Smith, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court denied a claim presented against the estate Of Jesse Yocum, deceased, by William P. King, as executor of Annie Yocum, widow of decedent. Exceptions were filed and dismissed. The executor appealed. Errors assigned were in dismissing the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
On June 2,1875, Jesse Yocum executed his bond, with a warrant of attorney attached, for $2,000, payable one year after date, to Stephen Coates, as trustee for his wife, Ann Yocum. This was to secure what he admittedly owed her. They lived together until his death— October 10, 1896 — more than twenty years after the maturity of the bond. Yocum devised his farm to his wife for life, with the privilege of borrowing on it by bond or mortgage a sum not exceeding $1,000, in case the net proceeds from it should be insufficient for her support when disabled or sick for a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hoch's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
- Flattery v. FlatterySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Galt v. Smith, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Adams County1891
- Hallowell v. HorterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
- Ritter's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
3Cited by1 opinion
- Estate of Charles B. Wolf, Charles S. Wold, Frances G. Wolf, Executors v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959