Wolff's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 279 and 280, by Third National Bank of Philadelphia and Corn Exchange National Bank of Philadelphia, from decree of Q. S. Phila. Co., April T., 1911, No. 246, sustaining exceptions to adjudication in Estate of George S. Wolff, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeals, Nos. 279 and 280, by Third National Bank of Philadelphia and Corn Exchange National Bank of Philadelphia, from decree of Q. S. Phila. Co., April T., 1911, No. 246, sustaining exceptions to adjudication in Estate of George S. Wolff, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Anderson, J., filed the following opinion: The facts in this case are, that the decedent, who died June 20, 1908, had in his lifetime conveyed certain real estate to Cora E. Copperfield, the title to which through an intermediary finally passed to her husband, James D. Copperfield. The latter created a mortgage of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The opinion filed in the court below by Judge Anderson clearly states the facts and fully vindicates the decree from which these appeals are taken. That opinion will appear in the report of this case and renders it unnecessary that we should discuss at length the questions involved. A judicial sale, for the purpose of paying debts, discharges all liens which are then due and payable, save those protected by statute. There is in this respect no distinction *249between a sale by the sheriff and a sale under an order of the orphans’ court for payment of debts: Ramsey’s Appeal, 4…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ramsey's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835
- Commonwealth v. PoolSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1837
- Douglass's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1864
- Appeal of ArndtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Tomlinson's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Golden's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Freeman's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Crawford County · 1925
- Miller EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1962
- Weidner's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Lehigh County · 1940