Henry's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 222, April T., 1907, by Charles R. Henry et al., from decree of O. C. Lawrence Co., Dec. T., 1905, No. 23, refusing the sale of real estate in Estate of Patrick Henry, deceased. Petition for sale of real estate. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was decree refusing order of sale.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The debts for the payment of which the appellants petitioned the court for an order of sale, arose out of a proceeding in the court of quarter sessions of Allegheny county, brought under the twenty-eighth section of the Act of June 13, 1836, P. L. 539, to compel Patrick Henry, the decedent, to relieve and maintain his indigent father. That proceeding resulted on May 12, 1893, in an order of the quarter sessions directing the respondent to pay to his father for the latter’s support a specified sum every week and to pay the costs. This order not having been complied with,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kerper v. HochSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1832
- Cooper's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Oliver's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- Konigmaker v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
- Henry's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
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- Noonan EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Brubaker's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- Higgins's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
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