Legal Opinion

Ehrisman v. Sener

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 11, 1894No. Appeal, No. 456PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal, No. 456, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Nov. T., 1892, No. 1, on verdict for defendants. Ejectment for No. 543 W. Walnut St., Lancaster. Before Brubaker, J. At the trial, it appeared that Susan Ehrisman, plaintiff’s wife, died March 27, 1886, leaving a will wherein she directed as follows: “Item.

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Appeal, No. 456, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Nov. T., 1892, No. 1, on verdict for defendants. Ejectment for No. 543 W. Walnut St., Lancaster. Before Brubaker, J. At the trial, it appeared that Susan Ehrisman, plaintiff’s wife, died March 27, 1886, leaving a will wherein she directed as follows: “Item. I give, bequeath and devise unto my husband, Henry Ehrisman, all of my estate, real and personal, as long as he shall live, he to pay the taxes upon the same and my funeral expenses. “ After the decease of my husband, I direct all of my estate, real and…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Both parties to this action of ejectment claim under Susan Ehrisman, wife of plaintiff, who, on or about March 27, 1886, died testate, seized of the land in controversy. By her last will she devised all her estate, including said land, to the plaintiff, Henry Ehrisman, her husband, “ as long as he shall live.” She then directed that after his decease all her estate, real and personal, should be sold and the net proceeds equally divided among her three children, one of whom was Edward B. Ehrisman. In the last clause of her will, she provided as follows: “ And in no event shall my…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hahn v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Patrick v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  2. Fox's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  3. Dupuy's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  4. Gillespie's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  5. Shirk's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913

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