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NO, 21-79. ;';86
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
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INSTRUCTIONS
, ,I, An Inventory mUlt bo 1II0d wllhln Ih.eo monthl oltor' oPP/J1ntmonl of po,.onol reprountollve,
2. A lupplemont Invontor,y mUll' bo Illod'wlthln thirty dOYI 01 dhcovory of additional OIIoh,
,3, ,Additional Ihooh 1I'0y"be ettftchod'nl to porlonftlty or raolty
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IN REI
',7 ESTATE OF, MARY G. BI.ACK,
LATE OF HOPI1lWIDLL ro\'lNSIIIP,
CU~mERLAND COUNTY,
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IN 'l'HFJ COURT OF COMr~ON PLEAS
CUMIH1RLAND COUNTY, PIDNNSYLVANI
ORPHAN'S COURT DIVISION
NO. 21-79-586
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INQUIRY
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Beforel Cnar1es E. Shields, III, IDsquire
Date I I\pril 18, 1985, 2105 p. m.
Placel Cumberland County courthouse
Carlisle, pennsylvania
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ROBERT J. YOCUM, ESQUIRE
, FOR - ESTATE OF MARY G. BLACK
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HlJllWIN FOO\lJLflANGI!:R, oalled an a witrto,sB, baing duly
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Do you want to, give you!: full name, please?
Mervin Orwin ,110gelBartge~.
And what is y6uI oooupation?
l1'uneral direotor il1Shipponsburg.
Did ~ou handle the buriel and funeral arrangements fo
ijlaok, deoeased?
10 A That i,s oorreot, we did.
11 0 Did any relatives or other inte!:ested parties come
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14 1\ No, they did not.
IS 0 Were you at tilat point Goneider ed a t:'rinoipal ored1to
16 of th,' decedent?
II A Yes. '
16 Q And did yqu apply for a g!:ant of letters of
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19 administration which wer,e duly, issued by the office o~ the
20 ,Register of wills of Cumberland county on OQ\:ober: 10, 1979?
21 A Yes.
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Did you with the aid and advice of Robert J. Yooum,
,23 \ilequirll, att.orney for the estate of Mary G. B~aok, ma,rshalthe
24 assets;' advertise the estate in the 'appropriate:' 'publioations an
2S othol:'wiBe' pl:'opel:'ly' pedorm youI:' duties as .an adrllinistr:ator?
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^ Yes, we
2 0 Dh'ly ou in an effort to finCl any hei rs entitled t.o'
3 i nhed t t.he estate of Mary G. Blaok make diligent inqui ry of t.h
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4 people who appeared at t.he funeral parlor for her funeral?
5 A We tried to oontaot as mllny indiv idual s as we knew
6 ex! sted by the time, of course, we e,li1t.abl isheC\ /.In <ate and so
7 for,th. We had understood t.hat oertain rel~tives that perhaps
6 migl\t have exist.ed had since passed away 'and that there ,were 1n
9 fact at t.his pointnoolooe hei rs t.hat we were able t.o oontaot..
10 0 Okay. Did you in fact t,urn up a foster son namod
11 RiOhard c. wissler who appeared at the funeral home?
12 A '\.'es. In faot" he had initially made funeral'
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14, for Mary Graoe lHaok. HoWeVer,. he assumed no responsibility fo
15 . the payment of the billing, et 'cetera.
16 0 Did subsequent investigation undert.aken by you ,and MI:
17 Yocum show that Richard C. Wissler was never adopt.ed by Mary G.
18 Black?
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Did you make inquirhs of fI I3laok family in' nurby
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2 A Yes.
3 0 And what did that show you?
4 A 'l'hat led us nowhere as well.
5 0 In o.thet WOt de , t:hey,wote not: the same family at: all ?
6 ^ Yes.
7 0 D~d you meet: a L~ncla stonet at: the funetal parlor?
B A Yes.
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9 0 And did she st:ate to you that: she was the daughtet of
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10 MtI3~ Annie Smith?
II A I knew thh from having, you know, had ptevious
12 'assooiation with she and her family.
13 Q Did you ,lllso know that the Annie Smith involved was a
14 sistet of James, 13; Blao~, t:he pre-deoeased husband Qf Mary G.
15 Blaok?
16 A Y&s,.Iknew that,
17 ' 0 And were you told by Linda Stoner ,that: she believed
IBttilll;'e was a sister of Mary G, Blaok named Bertha Gilbert, ~~e
19 wife of',Norman Gilbert formerly of the Marysville area?
20 A Yes,
21 0 That: at this point poSSibly sOlOewherearound
22 Lewistown,?
23 ^ Yes,
24 Q And did you make diligent inqui ry to the beat of your
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A Th~ough ph~ne books and 9on~ac~ing 1ndividuals we'had
2 ~ried ~o make contaotthere. However, we had been basically
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3 informed subsequently that Mr.. Gilbert had pusedaway.
4 0 Did either Norman or Bert.ha Gilbert t.o the best of
5 Your knowledge., attend Mqry G. Blaok'sfuneral?
6 A At t.his point in time, I don I t remember. I don I t: ,thin
7 so. I dOn't know.
8 0 Do you have any further knowledge whioh yo\.1 teU the
9 Court should be appraised of in this matter?
10 A No.
II 'MR. SHIEt-PS, Thank yo'u.
12 Mr. Yocum? I would essentially ask you whether:, you
13 qan add anything t.o what Mr. Fogelsanger has sdd, and if not, .
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14 whethe~ you conou 1;, in all that l1e has sai d?
MR. YOCUM, I am unable to add ,anything. I WOuld
impress upon. the auditor ,that we've attempted at various t.imes
to dehrmine who might be entitled to' the balance o~ this>, Elstat
before we, ask 1:0 1li1e the ~oco~nl:i,ng and ask for the 'ap)?Ointmon
of' an audi tor. I cQnQu r in what he, has said an(! !together,'wi t
him have made efforts to looate heirs that might be i,nvolved in
. this estate, apd the on~y possible name th~t came to us WllB
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Linda Stoner, I believe of the Newville area, and lame
info~mationtbat there might hayebeen a' .ister Hving al: some
Hme, . sister that might be involved in this estate as !
bCllieve Merv haa testified,. to. But beyond that :t have nothing
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further to add to tho 'matter 1'113 f:l1r as the heirs.
2 MR. RIJIELDB I Thank you.
3 LINDA STONER, oalled ~\ll a witnus, bei n9 duly
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Would you give us YOllr name, please?
Linda Louiee Stoner.
And are you the daughter of Annie Smith?
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~nd wae Annie Smith the sister of James B. Blaok,
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She was,.
And was James B. Blaok the hllaband of Mary G. BlaClk,
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16 0 Therefore, you are a niece of Mary G.
17 by marriage and not: bybloodl is that oorreot?
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That's' oorreot:.
Is it also correot that Annie Smith i,s no longer aUv
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IS it alao t:r:ue t:hat: James ,B. Black had another: siete
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23 I\l!\med Mrs. Pearl Shirley arid that Mrs. Shirley is now deoeased?
24 11 That's r:ight:.
25 0 Is' it also true tl'!at: Pelul Shirley had t:wo da ugh ter's?
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5 0 Did you haVe any reason at tlny"time to believe that
6 either Norman or Bertha Gilbert ever oad any ohildren?
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8 0 II there anything else that, you' toink
9 auditor should be told about, at this point that
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1\ Nothing,that loan think of, no.
12 MR. SIlIFJLDSI 'Next I would propose to ask Borne
13 questions of Betty Gilbtlr't.
14 BETTY GILBERT, oalled as a witness, being duly
15 sworn, was examined and testified, as followSI
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17 0 00 you know anything about Norman Gilbert?
18 A He was my, father.
19 1\nd "do , know if he ma t:tied at any time to
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20 Bertha Gilbert?'
21 1\ Yes.
n 0 Do you know who he was mat't'~ed to before he was
23 married t:o Bertha Gilbert?
24 1\ My mom.
25 0 What: is h\'ll: name?
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Haz e1 Keok.
Do you know if he was subsequen\:,ly divoroed from Haz,a
Yes.
And is that when he married~ertha Gilbert?
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Do you have any idea of wl)at time perioq this took
9 A" I ,guess sometime before 1971. I really -- I was out
10 of con~aot with my father for a while. I really don't know.
11 0 If I unde r stand you porreotly then, you ,were ,the
12 daughter of Norman and Hazel Gil bert?
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15 A I have one sister Judith Who lives in Harril;lburg and
16 brother Riohard who lives iJ:' Ha'rrisburg.
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18 A" Yel;l. Jl\dith is 1207 Derry street, Harrisb\1rgI 17104,
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19 ah,d my brother Riohard Norman Gilbert address is the same. He
20 moves around and uses my sister's address.
21 0 Okay. What were the liv~ng a,rrangements as far as th
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23 1\ We s\;ayed with my mOI11.
24 0 Were you eVl'radopted at any time by Bertha Gilbert?
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2 Q' As far u the wille are' concerned, do you have a
3 feeling that they may J;Xlssibly have be,en destroyed?
4 A Yee. We had a yarc:l sale la.st year 'and I just have ""
5 I can't find anY,thing. I. just have ~ feeling it was
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6 acoidentally on p\lrpoee thrown away. I really can't find them.
7 I've looked ~v.rywhere.
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No. I thought everything was done and settled.
Do you have any indepenqellt know:j.edge as ,to what the
of .these wills were?
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The ones from nert:ha' 'to Norman?
And v.ioe versa.
Just: that if one dha, l:hey WOlllq ""well, thetewae
,involved, I guess. When she diea he got everything
had ana vioe ver sa., I really -~ it was 1\10'stly the
property, beoause whenever my dad had his will made up he just
left everything to my mom, whioh inoluded the propetty,
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faot gave e~erything to his. first wife Hlizel Reok?
A Yes. ' I have it here.
0 And what is the date of that will?
A Okay. This was Deoember the 9th "" you ,mean the date
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a ~he date it was signed, yes;
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5 0 It's exeoutlilc1 in 11100 and appears to be December?
6 A He, aiedin Deoember. But the will WAS made earlier.
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7 0 Okay. I found tlnot,her paper here, it'says the 20th
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14 0 ,You have made diligent search?
15 A I didn' t go as far as to oheck to see if .I could
16 remember the attorney's names that made them up. I could have,
17 I could I guess check through a phone book in New Bloomsfiela
18 and oall eaoh one. I "m quite sure it might have beon someone i
19 Per ry County but I didn It go that far.
20 a As a practi9al matter in toe aisposition of the funds
21 and they're still going to, if we oannot track down the will
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n they're still going to go through the ohain from husband to
23 wife, wife to husband, lJt oetera, ot cetera. Pleasemll~e an
24 effort'to see if you oan looate an attorney that would hav!l 'one
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A Do you know what the date of birth of Gilbert's date
5 was? You've alrea"y allswered t:.h~t.
6 A pe~ember 25th, 1980. That's Christmas aay. Her'~ is
7 December the 25th, 179.
8 Q And do you know where she died?
die," at the ,local, hospita~. , ,
9 A Oh, yes. She one of the
\0 Osteopathic llospitalin Har.risburg, and she was buried from the
II Deoker Funeral Home in Marysville.
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MR. SHIELDS I okay. Thank you.
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16 HAZEL A. REC,I<, oaHeu QFJ a witness, being quly
17 swor:n, was examiped Ilnd testified, liS followSI
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19 0 Would you give me your name, please?
20 A lIaul A. Reok.
21 0" Ana 'what is your relationship to ~or:man Gilbert?
22 ^ I was married to him the 29th of April '43.
23 0 l\r\d" did you have any ohildren from No rrtH'l1l , Gilbert?
24 A Three.
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.P~AOE POR PI~ING ~ ;T:hurotllrn 19 to be flied In dupllcnte wllh the Regl9tor 01 WI1I9 0.1 th~ county \'iheroln tho decodont roaldod.
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PAl LUllS, TO FILE RETURN .- Seotlon 791 of tho 1961 Stntuto provldos lIlat ", , . any porson who willfully foils to fllo,o return or
othor .roport roqulred of him. ; ! shall bo porsonolly 1I0U!0 , ' , to a ponalty of 26% of tho to. ultlmotoly found tobo dllO or $1,000
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(;ulllbcrlnnd, Count)', Pellll'yll'ilhiil, decvl,"ed:
THll CqNDl1'lON 01' 1'1'118 OULIGATfON Is" thai if thv silld 'persollAI rel',esvot,AtII'C,,,,,,,,,.., 0' aoy of
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them ,hnll wclLnnd tn~IY Admll\lstf'r'i1l<! 'Aid eSIAte "cfordlh/( lO)AW, this obll8Atl01l ,hAII,bc \'oldAS to.\hc l,cnoll4l
r~'prcsent(llll'eOr representatl\'e, who ,hnll '0 'ldmii1i'stvr thc silld e.t,1tc;' hut otherwlsv, It Sh911 remnill 11\ forcc,
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COUN'I'Y OF ClJMBIiRI,ANI>, ,'j;
PWOlli\i1y '\I'I'",md (",i'"" "'c. ,I ". Notm'>, l'\!blio
, ' Prank CroHAler and Mabol C'r09Hlol', his wife,
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.mlllo, b,~ the above ,bolld who helllJ1 duly ,worn (Affirmed), ncro,dinJ1 10 lAW, dVl'ose Alia say,thAt the)' t'nrh OWIl Real
li'IMc worlhthe wilo1c of the pVllill !llIn nAllwd III IHe ,\ho\',' bOlld, tWe, and "hOI'V their dvbt. nnd the d~btor'$ cxenil'tlqp,
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XIJur petitionor, pureuElnt to a(\thori.ty vosted in him by the 1\ot of 19'72,
,ontitllXi "Probates, IiJstatos I:1nd ["ic1uoiar..ios Code", BOld at publi.o ',sa1,o, to
Henry E. MCMers, Jr. and <Joon [" Mo,.;ors, bhefoUdwing dasodbed tract of 'l&rld,
oo;Lng tho only real estate in the F,Btato 'of Mary G, 13laok, for the sum Of
s:nCrE:ElN THOUSAND Flvm IIUNDRED ($16,500.00) Ix)LLJ\HS, on August 2,3, .1980 I
ALL'that 9Crtain traot of l<1nd, si.tuuto in 11opCM'oll TO#nehip,
CuJIDorland County, l'onnIJy1Wl11ia, bounded and, dOElct'ibod as follCMSI
BEGINNING at /.I point \nllrked by a railroad epJ.kf;l In public rOO,d,
TcMnship Haute 379, at corner of land now or fOl:lrol"ly of Henry
!obwers/ thence ulong lunda now or 'for.ITierly of Henry !vb.'iers,
North thirti..soven(37) dogrees, seventeen (17) seoonds Wost
four hUl'jdred lwenty~two (422) feet to 1:1 point" thenco continuing
by lands nO# or formerly Qfllenry !vb.\1ers~ South lwqnty':"fivo (25)
degre<;Js ten (10) minutes three (03) seconds West one hundred
three ( 103)' feet toa point marked by I:1n iron pin at Hn\'l of,
lands nO# or, forroorly of Hurry Swartz, thencE1'al.ong . lands 'l1CM
or forroorly of l'larry Swartz, North thirty~af)ven (37) degrees
sevc;lnte8l1 (17) seconds West, eJ.ghlY"'eight and thirW-one hundredths
(8B.3l) feet to a pointl thence continUing by land nCl# or
, formerly ,of Harry Swartz, south eighty"'or\El (81) degrees 1;Went)'~
'one (21) minutes\,/est fjve hunqrEJd forty-eight Ijnd ninety-oM
hundrEJdths (548.91) feet to,a point/thence along lunda nCM
or fOJ:lOOrly of Fred HeberUg, North thirty-nine (39) degrec;ls
thirty-six (36) minutes thirty-five (35) ,seoooos East six
hUndred,fourarid"eighty hundredths (604.80) feet to /il pOint/
thence contJ.nuing along lanos nCM or fotmilr1y of Fred lIeberlig,
Northeighty-lwo (82) degrees fifty-four (54) minutes six (06)
seconds [!)ast five hundred s,eventy~four 8n9 thirty-nine hundradths
(574.39) feet to apoJ.ntl thenC0 along lands new or formorly of
Jeffrey Naugle, South twenty~fivo (25) degrees ten (10) minutes
three (03) seconds WOf,lt three,hundred forty (340) fmet to f\
point marked by an iron [Jinl thence continuing by lanq now or
fOl111erly of Jeffrey Nauglt;l 80utll thirtY~l1ine (39) degrees forty-
six (46) minutes fortyo.ei<;fht (413) sc,'Conds East tyIo hundrod '
llinety-eJght and ninE1ty~thrC0 hunC\redths, (2913.93) :fect to a
point markEJd lJY a railroad spi~e in the aforesaid Township
Route ;379, th\3nce through tho C\foresnidTownship Route 379,
South twenty-fi.ve (25) ck~t(,.'(\s ten ,(10) minutes throe (Q3)
seconds We!;!t two h~U1dred fifty-flve, and fortY~Bix hUl1dradths
(255.46) foet to a point, tho place of ooginning" Pursuant: to
survey of Kissinger and Wolfe, H,S., dated June 25, 198Q. ,
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THE PETITION
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formorly of J/onry Mowora, North 37 r'torJroos 17 lloaonns
Nest. fOllr 11I1ne1rl'l0 tW13nt:y"I:\m (422) fromt 1:0 n point." '
thenn" aontJ nlling by lllnr'''! now or formarly of Henry
Mowaro ,!Iouth 2S rlrngro(;ls 10 minul:~l1 3 soonnrlfl v!est onlll
hunrl.rer1 three (103) fA/')tj:o " point marked hy IIn iron
p~n lit line of lllnnA now or formarly of llllrry AWl'lrtz,
thonoe IIlong ),l.\nr:1a now or formarly of llprry flwl'lr.tz,
North 37 elagraos 17naoonr'ta l'lollt. eirJhty"night ane1
thirty-onn hunr'trmdths (AA~1l) foot. to 1.\ point, thenoe
. oontinuinrJ hy lano now or former.ly of llllrry. Flwllrtz,'
Routh "1 r'toqroes 2l minl~os Wast five hundr('l~ forty-
Ai,qht ann ninety"one hllndr.or'tt:hll (54 R .91 ) feet to 1'1
point, thl'lnoo along lanr'tA now or formar.ly of pror't
Ilebor.lig, North 3') e1otlr.oes 36 minutos 35 seconns, 1'lllSt.
SiK hundr.od four and eighty hunnrbdtha (604.80) fnet
to 1.\ point, thenoe oontinlling along lllnos now or
fOl.'mody of I1'roel Hober.1irr, north "2 onl)r.aes 54 minutos
(, Afloonds 1'lost HvCl hunr1rer1 sovent.y-fotlr. ,md thirt.y- .,
nine hunr'trMthll (574.39) fMt. 1:0,(\ point, i:honoe 1I1oncr
lan~B now or formorly of ~effrAY Naugln, Routh 25
r.1egraos 10 minut-oll 3 flAt;lOnC;a Nest: l:hrM hunc'lrel'1 forty
(~40) foet t.n a point mFlrko(1 hy nn iron pin I thenoe
oontinuinq 1'>1' 1/1nCl now or for.mor1yof. ,Teffrey NI'lnrJ1o
Sout:h 39 rle'lreos 46 rninutl\ls rill Ileoonds P.F.lRt two hnnClrod
ntnoty~aight and nJ,nl'd:y~t,hrM hunc1ror1t.ha (29".93) feet
to a point mar.ked by R railronc'l apiko in tho nforoAlIiCl
Township Rnutc 37Cl/ then,r:e thrnn'1h t.he Rfnrp-8ni.c1
TO\1nahip Routa 379, f1,outh 25 doqrl"H'lB lO mj.nnl:os 3
lleoQnds Weat two hunc'lro~ rifty-five find forty-six
hundr.odthe (255.46) feet to n point, the plane of
begJnning. Pursuant to sllryey of !(iasinqer ann Holfe,
R.A., dated ,Tune 25,19"0. CONTIITN:r.NCl'7.nlJ211oroll,'
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Hr.INCl the larger fJl'tr.t of t.hl\t r.el'll ,estata "'Idnh I
M/l.rgnrl'lt ..1. Hlank, Wir.10\1, by hot !'loot1 (;<1 ter1 Aept:/'!,mhar 1 A,
1925 artd r.eonrl'1ec'l in the ofrioo of the Rooorder of !'loeds
ofCumhor.ln,nd Connl:y, l'Ol'lnAy1vl'tnil't, :l.n !'leac; nook "r.",
Voltlmo lO, 1'>1'1<;10 A, ':oonvoYfH; tn ,T011108 n. . Hl/'1ak, anr1, th(')
Mio ,Tl\mnS 11. n1aol: (Iier1 ,Till'll'.' ] 7, 1971,' lAl'tvinl) aB his
ao1a ht'd,t', his surviving \'life, Hary 11. )'-\J'/I(,k, /'II\e1 thl:1
s~ic1 M/lry O. I1lllo}: rH,nrl',Tllnl;l 13, 1973. '
7.
On oot.obor. 29, 19 AO, , the" Ponot'/lhl.e IInrol.r1 ". nhf'laly airTnoc'1 IIn
nrt'!er oXDlIsincr thQ '}\c1minJ,stTl1tor, Mf>t'lIJ.n n, F0c;1C11sl1ncrar, from
':l.ling nny I'ldc1itionnl a"~nrity FInn onnblarl him to reo~iva the pro-
, ,
ooe(lsof tho A/110 rif Mary n. rll'tok's real ostnta,
bGOK 112 PI,~l 'i'5!')
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Mar.y G. n1R.o'k d io(l j:ntest/\ to on .Tunt'! 1.3 ( 197,3. lit: the
time af her death, she was the siKt:.y-nino year old WidOW pf J~mes
n. n,laok. ,flinoe hflir hUllb,mc'1 han. preoeoease[l hO,r I1nt1 ,sinoe she left:.
\'\0 ",ill antI sinol'!' ll,ttere p,f Ildminill1:t'lltion \~era not taken out
lmtil Oatopar 10, 1979, it booomell neCflsaary to r1eterl1d,ne 'what
.law applies to the estata of an j,ntestllt:.a wl)e Mec'! t:I,n the /\boVEl"
j ',. , ,
mentione(\ 'elate. fJl'lQtion 9 of 1\ot of' I\p:dl l~, 1978, !'.r,. 42,
No~ 23 g 9 pravic'!.~ th/\I:. a~id Aot'shall take effeot in siKty (60)
, " ,
daya and a)1all apply only to deoedents dying aft.f,'lr tha effective
--- -
'Clata. T)1orefore wo 11\ust prooeed unrl,er the I\ct. of ,.Tune 30, 1972,
--
P.L. SOB, No. 164 % 2 whioh is, for /\ll praotioai ~urpoBea, a
oOdifioation 'of the lritestate ^ot of 1947. Tho Intestate,l\bt of
~!947 oan rea<iHy 1'10 f011hd in the appen<ih< 1:0 pur,<ion's ~'itle'20
Saries P,Mlil 17 0 ~,seg. 1\11 soctioned t.e(l herein ,have peen
(l6dl~ied ~batim in the 1972 1\Ot unloss othe'rviise atll~ed. 1\lao
,in 'oonnection \'lith this rille, !!a(~ In ro steinmetz l~stata 139 Pa.
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fluperior ~t. 306,' 11r-.2(1 779 (1940), In r.'El ~rn~ey's Estate,
a6 P.L.'.J. 56'5, 52 v~rk 1.47, !l,ffirmed 135 I'll. Al-tPAdor. r.t. 524,
7 l\.,2d 539 (l!l3n).
SacUon 1,.1 of 1\ot of 1947 prOV~d~S, I'The ~ and J2!lrsond.
,
estate of /l dool;\(1E1I1t, \~het.her mala or female', subject to payment
,of debta and charges, I\no !!2!:. dispos<;1c1 of by will or otherwhe,
shall r1bsoonr1 I\S harelnl\ftaT provic1nrJ." (Bmphnsis added)
LOOK
1"1 hl"'-
. ,J}... I fd,l~,
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~~a ~~Kt G~otion, nnotin~ 1.2 ro"nrda nharou in the event
there is l\ f;lut'viving ApOIlBl'\. 'l'hill wl11l111 ,no\: p(lrtrtin t.n thEl
lnf;ltnnt ORne f;linOA Mary A., Dlaok was n widOW. ~Gotiqn 1.3 refers
to Ahllr.es 1:0 an to othoro 1:IHlO thGl survivJ.ng npo1.la~.
Our ,next quel!ltion loa who" Lf' anyonG, elln take tho ina1:/lnt
filstllte unner th,l.s ufilo1:ionofthe Ilitestllte Aot of, 1947. Aedtiol'\
1.3(1) 1ll1d (~) provinG foT. rlA80011(', 1:0 tht;\r1li'nflrlol1ts' issuo or to
, '
thrn c'lnoec'lantal parents., Hhen, nn herfl, there is 110 nne alivG or
eUgibla under eithor, Onn o,:f! theBe? ont,oCJodos, w('\ must take t.hc!l
next steP in the order ,of nf.'lsoent to, Aection 1.3(3).
This sElot,j,on statesl "If no pllront ourvivos t.he 11ACElr,lsnt,
t.hen to' the iM!:!.!:. of flll,.'lli of: (;ho rlnC)0(lon1; III pllT.rmta , " (l~mphnsiD
Ildc1erl) "'rssnB").a r1r.d:innrl alll "orrspr1ng/ pt'O<1e,r'YI rlascen1:1 l,i'ne~gGI
Unoa1 rlesoo'nrll1nts I {n this sOhon" tlll'l won1 1nl"1\1r1c'ltl 110t onlY <I
ohild 'or ohilc1rnn, hut all qthnr'noBonnc1nnta in whntevor ndgreo..i
:'l1ho~;_~!l 1.,1'11'1 P..LqjJ~~'lnEX 746 (St,h nn. 1(79)'. "Faqh" :ls (lnf1n~c1asl
"
"Il rUatr1hl1t.!vA adjootj,vn,pronOttn, \~hioh denotes or '1.'ofers to
~.!>&onfl of the pnrsonf1 or., th1n\1s, mElntionllll'll, .., ~ny. . . ." !l.lack I,!
1lro'!.J>.!EJ:i!!!,lIr~ 4!J5 (fJth, orl. ],(79), '.('hl\s, 1n J.nytn~n' 8 terms this
,
tnel'lhs MY hrother or $iste'r orhnli'..hr,othor or. ,hi'll f-alater off
Marya. R11'1ck wO"1,1'I, hy l:hot,nrmf1 nf 1:ho 7\ot ,be 01 igihle t,o takl<,\.,
,
Tn 1;ho inatllnt 1'11'1 ao, 1;.r>stimony shows l:hl'l1:. Mnry G. Blaok hac'
E\ aister living rtt the time t"/f: her rlt;lnth, OM nertha aU bor't" ny
the terms 'of' Section 1,) (3) ahe \'111\\lrl hllvo cl,on.rly been Qlic:rihl,a
~Oli,{ 112 I'IM ,'('(;5
'-11-
,;'
i!
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to take. The tostimony hne not roVeale~ anyone elso who would h~ve
been eligible to taka. However, there wile also testimony that;
ner.thll Gilbort hM died in the meantimo. Therefor~, ollr next
que,a,tion is whe'ther she oarl he hnld oli'~d.blA to taka 'in her own
, r.ight Ot act as a oondui t of these 'funns to her heirs.
In or<'1nr for Bartha Oilt>ert to be hnlc~ eligible it n1ust be
,
c1aterminec1 ,that the intl;\st.atCol estate of Mary a.' Mack veRted
immed;\:l.\tely IIPon' her dC'lat.b in Bertha Oilb!;'rt regll%'elless of whether
Bertha Ohbar.t was IIwsre of it or not . Toe (lefinit.ion of vested
and the general rules regarc'ing' tha ,vtlsting of flstates should be
kapt firmly in l1\ine1 while ac1dressing this issue. 14 Pennsylvania
Lega~'E:n(lyC'lopedia, gst~es in Pr.oJ2.o_rty R J at 1; (1959), states I
!!An est~tl\'l is Y!3sted when there is an :l~~cHate ri.ght of present
enjoyment or ,J:\ preaent fiKed r~gh'l: of future enjoyme!'lt, " (Emphas.i.e
added) See 'also reI "ves,ted", Oerhar's T!1etllte, 1?,6 Pa, 366,
,- - , -~...-
461\" 497, (1900) 1 ,Tohnston's Instate, 105 Pa. 179, 39 1\. 1379' (11398).
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VesUng will IIpply' to the' perl'lonalty liB well a'S t.o the land.
McC11ellanls Instate., 221 pa, 261, 70 1\, n7 (J900). 'l'halawfl.\vors
.. . I . ,
veste,d ast.~tes as ogainst contingent estllt,ElS.,
McKee's Estate,
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478 r>a. 607, lOR A.2n 214 (J:954). In cases of doubt, thfil ;Law wil,~
deol.are an estate vast.ed. r~:LkIl1of,f"l'!...!.!ltat.e, 4,00 Pa, 140, '160
',.,
A/2d 703 ('1960). ~,lhl1s H: j,s clear that 1'/0 shoulc1 h,nlrl tha,t this
estate vested in tlarthll nn bert instantly u~on the death of Hary G.
Bl.ack.
bOO!: 11'l 0"" /'I(,n
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Th~ nfl>lt, prol1'iJ of ou,"" qumation :la. whocher. aho C'llln aot 1.113 II
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i
oonctuit of 'this (~Btat~ to hor. hllir.rr. 'l'ho I.IIHIWar to t,hill Part of.
the qUestion mUll I: 1m YflS also, Rinoa this ri~ht t.o the est.!li:I!J was
'a vester'! ihterest in hor at her c'lAllth, she ooulr'l not be l'1epr,1,ved
ofH exol!lpt by har 0\1'/1 ant. Rinne shac'liaCl withoUt hllving mado
'~ny demand for it .in her HfeHme, hl'lr haire are ent!tled to olaim
it ,after her death and the olllim fOr it: ml1Y be made for them
her Personal. repr.esani:ative.
by
,76
Oilbertls J1lstatt1, 227 P/.I. 649,
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'J\d2ll(1910), M!:lr/"lhy'.p'! lJ)st:at.!"J.9 D & C 343 (1)l1ill1., 1933) I
"
Wiginqt:on's l':llItate, 29 OauPh. 317 (1925), Q!lsl11oPd'Sdilstate, 28 Diet.
Rptr. ,231, O'lrl'ldfotcl, i9lS). Although the above d.it~d oliees oonstrue
eecHC)ns of the .1917 I'Ind 1909 Aots, those Motions are IlIUbstMtially
similar in:6pl'lrat:ion to the 'Act of 19A7 and therefore these oase,
rUlings ara applioable hare. Mditional1y, it hilS been held that
'two int~stMies in iJ l:'!7"{ shall not: deny the vastin\'l nr dEll!lo,ent of
an estate.
{lppell~
(J.A6l) .
of RObarts, 391>a. 417 (3,861), l~a.1.kElr v. nunshee,
-, ../
38 PIl.430
The only CMes your A\ulitf.l,t',hns fOUnd whial) might even ~emotaly
fead to II ,belief that somaone'olln waive a vasted riqht throug~
"gross laoh(;!s II in olaim',1,n(! it, in\lol v~ \~j.('low' a exemptions aM 'are
l!lxtrt'lmlliOal!leswherain l'I ~Iidow / wi,th, fllll knowlenge of her husband I s
c1E;ll\thi r~ml1rried, within 311, 7, or ".1.4 ye/lrs wHhouf, llH~king oldm to"
. her widow 1 s exempHon,. E1humate v.
Commonwealth V'. Powa.lJ., 5.1 PII. 43n
1 4 ~
M~QIll'J.~/n3
(1.066)1 /'lUrk
.
PII. '3n (1876).,
"
v. Gleal!..Ol!., 46 ,t'a.
297 (11163).
lTIhese oases 1111:10 hint, hha t: a wir1t;lW 'a ~x/!lmption ,.is' 11\0re
I.
DOOr. 1.12 PI,Gf '767'
-.15'" '
akin to 11 pr.ivU.ory,,' t.hnn 11 rJ,qht'. \"0 hn,l i",vl') nn J.ntoat.at<'l Ilhl1ro
ill cloarly n !:~gh~:, nf. inhodtll110C1 tll1(l tl1l'1t., J.n '/lny (wont, 11t;l.Clon~
(lept I)f "grosll l/lClhmB" onn hI'! I1pp].ier1 nqninllt R worn''" who, hy ,nll
IIppflClranoAs, diel not OVCln l(nCl~' Rho )1/11'\ II right to thoost:/ltn ~.n
CluFlBti6n.' Hri /liAr> find t',hllt t.h", form",r. at.atutor.y lil'1i1: on tllkin('l
lOC'fal /lotion within snvnn (7) YP/lra on n oll1im fordistr.ibutton and
oldoasQ law to thnt nffoct is not IIppliClllhlo to thl'! l'actsof this
OllllCl. ~l\Ct ,luna 30,3.972,1'.1.. 50n, Nn. 1(;4 II :1, t!'lJ?rilllarl,
'T,ogan v. nichllrclaon, 1 Pn. 372 (11145), rhanrllf'lr. v. l,/'\mborne, 2
. ---- ---........--..------...
Clnrk 124 (J.1l4?).
The next quolltion iR \~hothlllr anyone O:d,Bt.l'l \~ho oan make n
10C'flll c1E1im to this property of' }'Il'lt"th/l nB her.t. Our. first suh-
question is whether. Bertha Gilbert hn~ /I will. It is oloar that
at: one t:ima !'.I'lrtha nHhort rlirl have II \~ill Flnc' that thAt \~il1 911VO
. eWll':ythinr,r to 1'101' hllBbllnd Hormlln Gilbl'\t"t.. rt fA 111so clear thnt:
thill will hila been c1elltroyml or 01 an irrdtrinvahly lost. Uncler
thl) fllcts of t.his Clllan it ia not noanBBllryto try to prova nertha
I
ail hert.' a w:l11 throu0h th(l\ oomplicator1 proo(')rhtr.l'lS which \~oulc1 be
.necl'lssary. In this instancn t'hn ultJ.mate outcomo wi],l hnthn sarno
whethor we prooeec1' unCler her w.i.11, Rasumin,! it oou1r'l he pr.ovMl,
which is far from cortain, or un~Br tho intnstllto ru10s of
sucoession. ~vi~nncC! fr6m ~nterestC!A parti~s can he suffioient to
prove a,n intestacy ann your l\urUtor f'inr11l tho nvJ.c'lc.'lIIce har.e is
suffioiont for thAt pl1rpoBo. !..ll..!!'_L~~,'..!l_, Estate, 141 PII. Rl1perior.
Ct. 479, 15 ",2(1%9 (1940),
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1\\:. t,hiA poinl: \~('l mllst 'si.mply' ro/,\pr1 v I:ho t:l.l1oB ~If!l hnvCl Al:atac1
in c1at.,dJ nbovn. port.hn CUhaX't pl1A[1erl F.1WlIY on pr.loambor25, 1979.
Thl1a the providona of. t.hl'l lImanrlmont.f1 oontllinbc'\ j,n tho 1\ot. 'of
1\prE lll, 19711, 1';1'" 42, No. 23 0 1, 20 Pa. ~iS.i 210] apply t.o any
.intElBtntG sucooBaion from Beri:ha C11lhort. BC!ot.ion 2101 states I
."^ll,or nny ~nrt of the estate of R ooocoent not.effoctivel~ dis.
pOend of J~y will or othClr\dac p/;lSBell t.othn heirs as. presoribed in
thh Chapter.. "
(linea 1>0:Y.'t.1\/I GHbart \~as surviven hy her spouse,
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Norman Gilbert ahd hy no other relat.ives t.hat.we can asoertain, We
.mustnElxt turn t.o Aeot.ion 2]02 whinh deals wit.h t.h~ shorb ~f a
sHrviving spoHse linn whinh at.lltes I "The int.ast,ato ,;sha ro of a'
deoec1eht! s flurvivinq SPOUBEl hI' (1.) If t.here is no surviving issue
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or parent o'f the decedent, thoontire intC!Btate aatate. II (J1lmph/!.BiB
l\c1~ed).
\l7hen we IIpply the I'Ihpve-lItater1 rules ClonOl'lrning vosting, it is'
Il-pparerit that Norrnnn Gilbsrt was onti,tle(J to the entire vastec'l
esta,te of his spons's, Bertha Qi,lbert.. The Mxt. question is 'whether
anyone is' thl!ln entj,tlerl to inhar.it the v,estec1 est.ata of Norm/ln '
Gl~lbe:rt Who (Ued on December 3, 1.,990. 'The, ahBWl')r to thi\3 must be
yos~. A car.tified copy of ,theprobl'lt.ed will Of ill Book 2!, page 557~
Perry county) of Norman Gilbert DhoWS thRt. ho gave hiRehtire
estate u t:1t 0, hie former wHe, lIl\zel 71. 'l<odK. Raid Hazel "e'ok is
'alive and \4eli and i.n '/I position to j.nherit ,this estate.
Your 1\ud'itOr.' s responsibiJ.it.iOFl hl\Ve bean found to only go so
far as to c1et.ormine who is in a poet ticn . t.o inhori t th,e inst.ant,
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'l'ho .l\uc'lit;or propol3as tho folloldng c1intribl1tion of the balance
of $11,918.04 in tho hands of the actmi~ia~rator as,.hown in the
F'ir~t a~(l f'lnn1 Mc~unt', Hle-rl Onoamher 7, 19n4 anrl IIpprovl'l(l by the
Court on .TanU/u'y n, l.!l1l51
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Reimbursement for lonrr ct iAtanclA te 1 ('lphone
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Reimbllrs\'\Jnent for oertifierl' mnilings
Reiml"ursemaht for tr~vel eXI~Ansefl for
interviews only.
112" mU,es @$,. 20.5 per 0111,8
~~ime Bpont in reac1ing rloclllment:B, intorviawing
Poople,searching dOl1rt r.edorrls, traoking
down 'heirs" numerous phone oll11s, pre~
pnrl1tion of mlmerr.ll1S lott.arn'i preparntion
of initil'llnffinaVits, legal rAMflrbh into
n\lmerOUS oomplex !IlSUOA, I'Ittenc'1ing'aurllt'.or'll "
hO/l.dng, proparatiol'l of l'I\ldltor's r.'oport,
etc. ' '
tl.4 hou~s t$50.00 per hour
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Mervin FogelsllngBr'
Robert Yocum
$ 25.00
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~ourt, Reporte~l
Flmi'1,y R. Cl.!lrk (per ':tnvoioB c'latec1 5/fi/B5,
att:l'lched)
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