Strock's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 222, Jan. T., 1893, by-John N. Strock, from decree of O. C. Cumberland Co., sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report in estate of Joseph Strock, deceased. Adjudication of executor’s account. Before Sadler, P. J. The account was referred to John R. Miller, Esq., as auditor.
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Appeal, No. 222, Jan. T., 1893, by-John N. Strock, from decree of O. C. Cumberland Co., sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report in estate of Joseph Strock, deceased. Adjudication of executor’s account. Before Sadler, P. J. The account was referred to John R. Miller, Esq., as auditor. From the auditor’s report it appeared that Joseph Strock died on April 6, 1887, leaving a will by which he directed as follows: “ 2. I give and bequeath unto ihy dear wife, Eliza, the house and lot of ground situate on the southwest corner of Locust and Frederick streets, in the borough of Mechanicsburg, during…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
Joseph Strock, by his will, dated April 26, 1887, and duly proved Nov. 20, 1889, gave to his wife Eliza the use of a house and lot therein described, and one third of his personal estate absolutely. To five of his children he gave five hundred dollars each, and the balance of his real and personal estate he gave to all of his children in equal shares. He then directed that the notes and book accounts which he held against his children should be deducted from their shares of his estate. The notes with the unpaid interest on them amounted, on the 1st of April,…
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