Appeal of Keim
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FROM THE DECREE OF THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF BERKS COUNTY. No. 117 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct. On May 2, 1887, Sara L. Keim, executrix and legatee under the will of Benneville H. Keim (also known as DeBenneville Keim), filed a petition for a citation upon Abner K. Stauffer, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a., of Esther High, deceased, to show cause wliy the account of petitioner as sucb executrix, filed April 28,1886, should not bo reconsidered, revised and corrected.
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FROM THE DECREE OF THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF BERKS COUNTY. No. 117 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct. On May 2, 1887, Sara L. Keim, executrix and legatee under the will of Benneville H. Keim (also known as DeBenneville Keim), filed a petition for a citation upon Abner K. Stauffer, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a., of Esther High, deceased, to show cause wliy the account of petitioner as sucb executrix, filed April 28,1886, should not bo reconsidered, revised and corrected. The petition set forth the facts contained in the syllabus. To tlie said petition the respondent filed an answer and also a demurrer,…
1Opinion of the Court
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Mr. Justice Sterrett :
One of the questions involved in this contention is whether, under the fifth clause of their aunt’s will, Isaac H. Keim and DeBenneville II. Keim took anything more than a life estate in the lot demised to them “ in common during life,..... to be enjoyed by the said Isaac II. Keim and Benneville H. Keim during life, and immediately after their decease, the same shall descend to their children, in equal shares or their heirs, yet so that the children of each only divide the share that belonged to their father.”
The question arose thus: On petition of the devisees,…
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