Christensen Estate

Bowman, P. J.,

The controversy involves the distribution of the property of a husband who, with his wife, perished in a common disaster.

On Saturday evening, August 4, 1956, Robert Schweitzer, accompanied by his wife, Bertha, A. L. Christensen and his wife, Laura, and Esther Demmy, was driving his Lincoln sedan west on State Highway Route 322 in Northern Lancaster County. At Mr. Schweitzer’s right on the front seat sat Mr. Christensen. Occupying the rear seat were the three ladies, with Mrs. Schweitzer at the left, Miss Demmy in the center and Mrs. Christensen at the right. Their common…