Allen v. Tate

STONE, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition to revise an order of a District Court setting aside an order of sale, entered by the referee, of an alleged contingent interest of the bankrupt in a certain estate created in her favor under the terms of the will of her grandfather, Jerome Francis Downing. The will was probated in the state of Pennsylvania.

The single question presented here is whether this interest is of that character of property which passes to a trustee in bank- . ruptey. The pertinent terms of the will were as follows: After providing for payment of debts and funeral expenses, the…