Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-29
DYING WITHOUT MAKING A
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In an article published week O
two ago, entitlcd,F'Wills and how NJ
to make them, itwas mentioned tina
some persons abstain from maxim
wills for the reasen, as they say, "tha
the law makes god enough wills 70
them" By this they mean that wha
are called the "IIItestate Laws of tn
State of Pennsylvania make sui
ficicntly fair and proper disposition O
the property Of MY person who die
"intestante"--that is to say withou
having made q Will In general term
this is true. Tholuws are in the mali
just laws, and yet tho disposition 0
the property Of an .intcstato' as mad
by the laws, il n0t always such as tn,
deceased person would have preferred
nor Is II always an equitable disposi
ton. In this article we propose to tell
in general way. and for the benefi
of general realtiy, how the aIntestat.
Laws operate in the case of most FIRE
quent occurrence. There are two prin
cipal classes of property. as to the de
scent of which the "lntestatc Laws
make broad distinction, and this dis
tinction must be kept in mind. There
is "real estate which means (broadly'
houses and lands and personal cs
tate.p which means money bonds
stocl, goods mcrcbond;sc tnrn;,nre
iewelrv and generally Mi valuable.
that are enjoyable aReal estoten /
subject 10 one kind of d;snosition h,,
The law and anersonaI ostoto~ to oro,I
err When porson nossessed of mon.
erty dies the flrst claim oca;nst tbo
propertv IL the navment of the ms,
debts Of the deceased and tbe lsgal
CHARGES against the estate II tLsro
be mo will and no marrioge settlement
the remaider. after the debts are naid'
IL disposed of bv tho law ns follows.
Where the deceased nerson has lof,
n widow and a child or oh;ldron ,Lo
widow il entitled 10 one.tbird mart of
the personal propertv nbsolutely That
is TO dispose of in anv wav She think .
proper) and TO one.fbird of the reaI
estate for the term of her life The
other two-tbirds of both the nersonol
and real estate becomes The pronertv
of his child or cbildren andtbe desrend.
ants of anv child orobiIdrnn that NAV he
deceased The remaining one.third If
the real estate in which t6e widow has
a life estate also descends at her do.
cease TO the child or children or the
descendandts of any deceased child or
children or 10 their heirs
1vhouo ,ho aoooa.aa .,a,....,
M viii ond Los ioo ! P; ,,.;Jnn, "I h,,a "ae Wv
cb;,d and a' 80 "1 JosonnSo~, 800. = m,'o" vu' no
caasad nh;la In. svs t"s ,oe, ,'.h. y. ~ ny w
calls acolla,eroI bn;rs @ y s.,h"r Ma mo,ha' rno ,m
s;stor nanhow ,;oaa a,ho. ,,;.I.si H,oin
thc law makss ,he ,ollor,u,, @ Me d;aaasoi
If ,he nroner,v. 0no haIf rs, s'oPVIa ~ ,ho
iI procor,,, ,,oos nhf"li,. P. ~ Wv ~
iathor an rnr1 mdr,ho' S ~ Jy Joooaasiy ~
son i, thev ha liv;no ~. a. H. -;
vor, if one of them is dead, and they
take life interest of the widow in
one-half oft; but, in this instance, the
TO the real estate descends
to and vests in the brothers and sisters.
then the rrmalning half oc the norsonai
property and the real estate, subject to
The widows one-half life interest, go to
The brothers and sisters, or brother or
sister of the "whole blood" or the de-
'cendants of any deceased brother or
sister OF the "whole blood" If none
of these be living, then tho title to the
real estate goes back to the father and
mother or the survivor; and, if they
be dead, then the brother or sister of
The "half blood come in. If none of
Llpsp be living the tnCxf of kim camea