Spencer v. Jennings
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COUNT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OE ALLEGHENY , COUNTY. No. 188 October Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 311 April Term 1884, C. P. No. 2. To the first Monday of March, 1884, an action of ejectment was brought by John Spencer and 0- A. Spencer, his wife, in right of said wife, Margaret E. Spencer, and Fred. Waldschmidt, guardian of Henry and Edward Schumacher, against Nicholas Freiehtel, to recover a tract of 115 acres in Plum township.
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ERROR TO THE COUNT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OE ALLEGHENY , COUNTY. No. 188 October Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 311 April Term 1884, C. P. No. 2. To the first Monday of March, 1884, an action of ejectment was brought by John Spencer and 0- A. Spencer, his wife, in right of said wife, Margaret E. Spencer, and Fred. Waldschmidt, guardian of Henry and Edward Schumacher, against Nicholas Freiehtel, to recover a tract of 115 acres in Plum township. Subsequently John F. Jennings was brought in as the real party defendant. The plea was, not guilty. At the trial on April 9,1886, before White,…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION,
Mu. Justice On auk :
In the twentieth section of the act of February 24,1834, P. L. 76, it is provided, that whenever it shall satisfactorily appear to the executor or administrator of the estate of a decedent that the personal estate is insufficient to pay all just debts, etc., he shall proceed without delay, in the manner provided by law, to sell, under the direction of the Orphans’ Court having jurisdiction of his accounts, so much of the real estate as shall be necessary to supply the deficiency, etc. The mode or manner of procedure in case of a sale by an administrator, then and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Burton's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Grenawalt's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
- Morrison v. NellisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Hower's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
- West v. CochranSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
3Cited by6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Spencer v. JenningsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Kiskaddon v. DoddsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Miller EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Berks County · 1963
- Rupert Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Franklin County1990
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