Burns Estate

Jacobs, J.,

Mary Elizabeth Burns died intestate on January 8, 1955. Shortly thereafter letters of administration on her estate were issued to a daughter, Mary A. Burns. Among the assets of the estate was a house situate at 111 South Earl Street, Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Administratrix, on August 29, 1955, privately sold the real estate at 111 South Earl Street, to her two sisters and a brother, namely, Margaret Etta Burns, John J. Burns and Sarah Virginia Burns. The purchasers paid $7,500 for the transfer, and administratrix agreed that she would pay the cost of attaching the house to…