County of Lawrence v. Leonard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Common Pleas of Lawrence county. In equity. Of October and November Term 1876, No. 48. This Ayas a bill in equity filed by the County of Lawrence and the Overseers of the Poor of North Beaver Township against Eli Leonard. The case was thus:— Abner Leonard, a citizen of North Beaver township, Lawrence county, about seventy years of age, died June 1st 1868, at his residence in said township, where he had lived for many years..
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Appeal from the decree of the Common Pleas of Lawrence county. In equity. Of October and November Term 1876, No. 48. This Ayas a bill in equity filed by the County of Lawrence and the Overseers of the Poor of North Beaver Township against Eli Leonard. The case was thus:— Abner Leonard, a citizen of North Beaver township, Lawrence county, about seventy years of age, died June 1st 1868, at his residence in said township, where he had lived for many years.. He left neither wife nor children. His estate consisted of real estate in the township and some personal property. His will, made in 1864,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Agnew
The learned judge of the Common Pleas believing that there was no trustee of the fund in question was of opinion that the legacy of Abner Leonard for the support of the poor of North Beaver township was too vague to be sustained, and therefore that it failed. But he overlooked the effect of the will, which substantially gave the fupd to the county of Lawrence, and made it the trustee of the interest. The language is this: “ Whatever money may remain after the.legatees are paid, and the claims of the Commonwealth, *210if any, and my just debts and the expenses of settling up my estate are all…
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