McAleer's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Fleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1881, No. 288. This was an appeal by Mary Ann McAleer, trustee, from a decree of the said court, dismissing her exceptions to, and confirming the report of an auditor in the distribution of the proceeds of a sheriff’s sale of real estate.
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Appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Fleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1881, No. 288. This was an appeal by Mary Ann McAleer, trustee, from a decree of the said court, dismissing her exceptions to, and confirming the report of an auditor in the distribution of the proceeds of a sheriff’s sale of real estate. The facts were as follows: By indenture dated January 27th 18(H), Daniel McAleer and wife conveyed certain real to John Callaghan, who immediately re-conveyed the same to the said Daniel McAleer upon the following trust, to wit: “ In trust,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
By deeds executed January 27th 1866, the naked legal title to the land was vested in Daniel McAleer, in trust that his wife, Mary Ann, should have the rents, issues and profits during her life, unless in case of her widowhood she should marry again, and, after her decease, or such marriage, their children shall have the rents and profits during their minority, and on their arrival at the age of twenty-one years to them and their heirs. Power was given to the trastee to sell and convey the whole or any part of the land, at any time, and for such prices as he should deem best for the interest…
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