Reimensnyder v. Gans
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county: Of July Term 1884, No. 167. Case stated, wherein Rev. IT. G. Gans for St. Joseph’s church of Milton, was plaintiff, and George B. Reimensnyder administrator, d. b. n. of Daniel P. Caul, deceased, was defendant, as follows: Daniel P. Caul, late of said county, died intestate Jnne 2d, 1882, and letters of administration on his estate were granted by the register to William B. Caul on the 6th of June, 1882, who took…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county: Of July Term 1884, No. 167. Case stated, wherein Rev. IT. G. Gans for St. Joseph’s church of Milton, was plaintiff, and George B. Reimensnyder administrator, d. b. n. of Daniel P. Caul, deceased, was defendant, as follows: Daniel P. Caul, late of said county, died intestate Jnne 2d, 1882, and letters of administration on his estate were granted by the register to William B. Caul on the 6th of June, 1882, who took upon himself the settlement of said estate. And the said William B. Caul having died on the day of December, 1883,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
A day or two before' the death of Daniel Caul, the plaintiff, a priest of the Roman Catholic church, obtained from the said Caul a subscription, or obligation, in words and language as follows : “ June 1, 1882. We the undersigned do promise to pay to Rev. H. G. Gans the respective sums attached to our names towards the erection of St. Joseph’s church. Signed, Daniel P. Caul, $800.” To enforce this obligation, suit has been brought against the administrator of the estate of thedecedenf, and the question that presents itself is, whether or not the case falls within the 11th section of the Act…
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