Jones's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 19, May T., 1922, by William D. Jones et al., from decree of O. C. Dauphin Co., File No. 241, directing sale of real estate, in estate of Robert Ross Jones, deceased. Petition for sale of real estate for payment of debts. Before Fox, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Decree of sale awarded. Wm. D. Jones and John Paul Jones, heirs-at-law, appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This appeal is from an order of the orphans’ court, directing an administratrix to make private sale of real estate for payment of debts. Eobert Eoss Jones, late of Dauphin County, died intestate, March 19, 1921, leaving a widow, Effie E. Jones, also two brothers and a nephew, all sui juris, as his heirs. He left personal estate to the value of approximately $32,000, and his debts and liabilities, including a bond and mortgage for $19,000, amount to $48,000. The bond and mortgage debt is not due, as the time for payment was extended to 1924. His widow qualified…
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