Henderson, Hull & Co. v. Stryker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 41, July T., 1893, by-defendants, from decree of C. P. Union Co., March T., 1891, No. 1, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to postpone lien of mortgage. The case was referred to Samuel Orwig, Esq., as master, from whose report the facts, appear as stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 41, July T., 1893, by-defendants, from decree of C. P. Union Co., March T., 1891, No. 1, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to postpone lien of mortgage. The case was referred to Samuel Orwig, Esq., as master, from whose report the facts, appear as stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The master recommended the following decree: “1. That the lien of the mortgage from R. B, Stryker and Sarah E. Stryker to Charles B. Weaver, executor of- Henry-Weaver, deceased, for $1,200, dated July 21, 1883, and recorded in the office for the recording of deeds, etc., in Union county, in…
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Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
Sarah E. Stryker, wife of R. B. Stryker, is a daughter of Henry Weaver, in Lycoming county, who died in spring of 1876, leaving a will, of which Charles B. Weaver is now sole executor. In this will, he directed his executors to purchase a house and lot for the use of his widow, not to exceed in price $2,000, and also invest, in real estate securities, $6,000, the interest to be paid annually to the widow during her life. At her death, the house and lot to be sold, and the proceeds, along with the money invested, to be divided equally' among his seven children. Sarah…
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