Peterman's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of York county: Of May Term 1874, No. 107. In the estate of Sarah Peterman, deceased. On the 25th of January 1871, Lewis Peterman made an assignment to Edmund Ilershey of all his property of every kind for the benefit of his creditors, “ except however so much as may be exempt by the laws of this Commonwealth from levy and sale, on execution and distress for rent, to be selected by the said Lewis, and appraised for the use of himself and…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of York county: Of May Term 1874, No. 107. In the estate of Sarah Peterman, deceased. On the 25th of January 1871, Lewis Peterman made an assignment to Edmund Ilershey of all his property of every kind for the benefit of his creditors, “ except however so much as may be exempt by the laws of this Commonwealth from levy and sale, on execution and distress for rent, to be selected by the said Lewis, and appraised for the use of himself and family, according to law.” Under this exception personal property to the amount of $99.88 was appraised and set aside by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
July 2d 1874.
This is a proceeding in the Orphans’ Court for the distribution of the fund arising from the sale of the real estate of Sarah Peter-man, deceased. The sale was made by a trustee under an order of the court, in proceedings in partition, and, upon the settlement and confirmation of his account an auditor was appointed to distribute the balance of the money in his hands. The appellant, Lewis Peterman, was entitled, as son and heir at law of the decedent, to the one undivided sixth part of the estate of which she died seised. But before the sale by the trustee, he made a voluntary…
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