Kauffman's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pieas of Northumberr land county: Of July Term, 1885, No. 77. Appeal of John R. Kauffman from the decree of said court distributing the fund arising from, the sheriff’s sale of the real estate of Charles J. Conrad, deceased. The following are the facts in the case as found by the. Auditor, W. I. Greenough, Esq.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pieas of Northumberr land county: Of July Term, 1885, No. 77. Appeal of John R. Kauffman from the decree of said court distributing the fund arising from, the sheriff’s sale of the real estate of Charles J. Conrad, deceased. The following are the facts in the case as found by the. Auditor, W. I. Greenough, Esq. The money in court is the sum of $91.40, and is. the purchase money, after deducting costs, of a piece,of land sold bjr the sheriff, under and by virtue of said writ of levari facias. Charles J. Conrad became the owner in fee of this land, and died on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
Under the fifth section of the Act of 14th April, 1851, a widow is entitled to retain, out of the estate of her deceased husband either real or personal property to the value of $300. The confirmation of the appraisement is an adjudication which vests the title to the property taken, in her: Runyan’s Appeal, 27 Pa. St., 121. When the adjudication is of real estate she takes the title of her husband absolutely, and may convey it by deed: Sipes v. Mann, 39 Id., 41. She is entitled to this exemption as against the judgment as well as the general creditors, and will be preferred even as to a…
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