Appeal of Merkel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Berks county: Of January Term 1885, No. 123. Appeal of J. George Merkel and Edwin M. Shollenberger, administrators of the estate of Susanna Leibensperger, front the decree of said court, making distribution of the personal estate of Philip Leibensperger, deceased, in the hands of Jacob D. Leibensperger, executor of said Philip Leibensperger, upon the confirmation of his final account.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Berks county: Of January Term 1885, No. 123. Appeal of J. George Merkel and Edwin M. Shollenberger, administrators of the estate of Susanna Leibensperger, front the decree of said court, making distribution of the personal estate of Philip Leibensperger, deceased, in the hands of Jacob D. Leibensperger, executor of said Philip Leibensperger, upon the confirmation of his final account. The facts were as follows : Philip Leibensperger, a farmer residing in Berks county, died November 6th, 1877, leaving to survive him a widow, and collateral heirs, viz., a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This contention arises out of the following clause of the will of Philip Leibensperger, deceased: “I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Susanna, my remaining personal propertjr, it may be money or whatever kind it will, to her full ownership, so long as she doth live. Further, I recommend that my hereinafter named executor shall see that her money does not become lost.”
Mrs. Leibensperger survived her husband over four years. At her death the personal estate still remained in the hand's of her husband’s executor, she having drawn a portion only of the interest. The corpus thereof was…
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