King v. Ambrose
King v. Ambrose
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Counsel for appellants frankly admit that the failure to file in the court below the statement of errors required by equity rule 92 was due to their oversight, and, as the filing of such statement nunc pro tunc will impose no hardship on the appellees, the motion to so file it made May 8, 1911, is now allowed as of that date, and the motion to quash the appeal is dismissed. The failure to file the statement was not necessarily fatal to the appeal: Barlott v. Forney, 187 Pa. 301.
This bill was for the partition of lands belonging to the estate of Abraham Kerns, situated in Bedford and Somerset counties. He died many years ago, and at the time of his death his domicile was in Bedford county, where the larger part of his estate in value was situated. The bill was filed in the county of Somerset on May 9, 1907, under an averment in it that at that time the larger part of the estate of the deceased in value was situated in that county. This averment in the bill was specifically denied in the answer, and the defendants affirmatively averred that at that time by far the greater part of the estate, in quantity and value, was situated in Bedford county. This responsive answer to the jurisdictional averment in the bill was not overcome by the measure of proof required in equity practice, but the court below nevertheless found that of the lands of the decedent remaining unsold and described in the bill, the larger part, both in quantity and value, was situated in Somerset county.
The requirement of the Act of February 20, 1854, P. L. 89, relating to proceedings in partition, is that when such a proceeding is intended to embrace lands in more
The first assignment of error is sustained, the decree is reversed and the bill dismissed at appellees’ cost.
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