Legal Opinion

Reynolds's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 27, 1896No. Appeal, No. 287PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal, No. 287, Jan. T., 1896, by . Annie B. D. Reynolds, from decree of O. C. Luzerne Co., No. 62, of 1895, distributing fund raised by sale of testator’s real estate. Rule to show cause why the fund arising from the sale of real estate of Sheldon Reynolds, deceased, and now in court, should not be paid to Annie B. D. Reynolds, Ms widow.

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Appeal, No. 287, Jan. T., 1896, by . Annie B. D. Reynolds, from decree of O. C. Luzerne Co., No. 62, of 1895, distributing fund raised by sale of testator’s real estate. Rule to show cause why the fund arising from the sale of real estate of Sheldon Reynolds, deceased, and now in court, should not be paid to Annie B. D. Reynolds, Ms widow. Testator’s will was as follows : “ I, Sheldon Reynolds, of the city of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, do make and publish this my last will and testament. “ All my estate real, personal and mixed wherever situated, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife,…

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Mr. Chief Justice Stebbett,

On February 8,1895, appellant’s husband, Sheldon Reynolds, died testate, leaving to survive him his said wife and a minor son, then about seventeen years of age, whose guardian is Benjamin Reynolds. In his last will, probated a few days after his decease, the testator made the following disposition of his estate : “ All my estate, real, personal and mixed, .wheresoever situated, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Annie B. D. Reynolds, for and during her natural life: ” and, without making any other disposition of the same, he appointed his wife and…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. McCullough's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  2. Schaaf v. PolitowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  3. Nelson v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  4. Carmany EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  5. Connelly's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1922

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