Kunkle's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 131, April T., 1902, by Catharine C. Helman, from decree of O. C. Westmoreland County, May T., 1899, No. 28, dismissing petition for the payment of a legacy in the Estate of John L. Kunkle. Petition for the payment of a legacy for charge on land. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the decree of the court dismissing the petition.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
By his will, dated in January, 1874, and admitted to probate in June of the same year, John L. Kunkle gave certain personal chattels to his wife, and directed his executors to sell the residue of his personal property, and out of the proceeds pay his debts and funeral expenses, also to sell his house and lot in the borough of Adamsburg, and to divide the balance of the *202fund derived from these sources, remaining in their hands upon final confirmation of their accounts, among his children. The executors sold this real estate and charged themselves with the proceeds of sale…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Willard's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Mendenhall v. MendenhallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Ake & Feay's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
- Watts's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Webster v. Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Laukhuff's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909