Sheets' Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
These were appeals from decrees of the Orphans’ Court of Lycoming county. The first was by John A. J. Sheets, Elizabeth Sheets, Catharine Sheets, Mary Hively, Henrietta McCormick, Julia Strebeigh, and Margaret McMurray, children of John Sheets, deceased, from a decree awarding partition of his real estate upon the petition of Julia E. Sheets, widow of Thomas E. Sheets, who was another child of said deceased.
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These were appeals from decrees of the Orphans’ Court of Lycoming county. The first was by John A. J. Sheets, Elizabeth Sheets, Catharine Sheets, Mary Hively, Henrietta McCormick, Julia Strebeigh, and Margaret McMurray, children of John Sheets, deceased, from a decree awarding partition of his real estate upon the petition of Julia E. Sheets, widow of Thomas E. Sheets, who was another child of said deceased. The other was by John A. J. Sheets, executor, &c., of John Sheets, deceased, from the decree confirming the report of the auditor on his account as executor. The testator died in April…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 15th, 1866, by
Strong, J.
The questions raised by these appeals- are all dependent for their solution upon the construction due to the will of John Sheets, deceased. By that will the testator, after making provision for his widow both in realty and personalty, gave and bequeathed the whole of his estate, real and personal, to certain of his children, naming them, share and share alike, directing, however, that one of his daughters should have a thousand dollars more than the other children; all which he ordered should be invested by his executor…
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