Sheetz's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Berlcs county; Of January .Term 1876, No. 184. Certified from Eastern District. John Sheetz, Sr., made his will on the 25th of August 1868, and died on the 28th of January 1869, and the will having been duly proven, letters testamentary were granted to his son, John A. Sheetz.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Berlcs county; Of January .Term 1876, No. 184. Certified from Eastern District. John Sheetz, Sr., made his will on the 25th of August 1868, and died on the 28th of January 1869, and the will having been duly proven, letters testamentary were granted to his son, John A. Sheetz. The will contained the following devise, upon the interpretation of which the controversy in this case arose:— “ 4. I give and devise unto my son, John A. Sheetz, the farm situated in Heidelberg township, and now in occupancy of the said John A. Sheetz, containing two hundred and thirty…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
John Sheetz made his will on the 25th of August 1868, which, with two codicils requiring no present consideration, was proved on the 25th of February 1869. He devised a farm containing 230 acres, in Heidelberg township, in the county of Rerks, to his son, John A. Sheetz, at a valuation of $15,000, which by the following words he directed the devisee to pay: “ My said son John A. Sheetz shall pay the said sum of $15,000 unto the heirs of Isaac K. Sheetz, in the following manner, to wit: without interest, my grandson John Albert Sheetz, one of the heirs of my said (son) Isaac K. Sheetz, shall…
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