Fischer v. Woodruff
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 371, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1907, No. 593, striking off judgment, in case of Emily Fischer v. C. S. Woodruff, Exdcutor of Estate of Charles DuPont Breck, Deceased. Rule to strike off judgment. Before Newcomb, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court struck off the judgment. The judgment plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the order of the court,
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
Charles DuPont Breck died testate in 1906. All his real estate, including lands in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties, was devised to his widow, Anna E. Breck, as sole residuary legatee. Defendant, C. S. Woodruff was appointed and qualified as his executor, without special powers. Said decedent at the time of his death was indebted to Emily Fischer, the above plaintiff, in the sum of eight thousand dollars, secured by a bond and mortgage upon land in Luzerne County. The estate being involved and having an advantageous opportunity to sell the land covered by said…
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