Raudenbach's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Northampton county: Of January Term 1878, No. 246. Appeal of William Raudenbach and others from the decree of the court confirming the report of the auditor, and making distribution of the estate of John Knoble, deceased.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Northampton county: Of January Term 1878, No. 246. Appeal of William Raudenbach and others from the decree of the court confirming the report of the auditor, and making distribution of the estate of John Knoble, deceased. Knoble died in 1875, leaving a will wherein he directed his real and personal property to be sold by his executors, his debts and funeral expenses to be paid, and after making sundry specific bequests, bequeathed the residue of his estate, as follows: “ The remainder to be divided into three equal parts, one part to go to my wife’s (Sarah…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The contention in this ease arises upon the construction of that portion of the will of John Knoble, deceased, in which he disposes of the remainder of his estate. The clause referred to is as follows: “ The remainder to be divided into three equal parts, one part to go to my wife’s (Sarah ICnoble’s) brothers and sisters, and if any of the above be deceased, to their lawful heirs, the remaining two-thirds to be equally divided into four parts and to go to my brothers and sisters, and if they be deceased, to their lawful heirs, with the exception of Eliza Raudenbach’s heirs, they are to have…
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