Reed's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster County. No. 58 July Term, 1884. The facts of the case appear in the opinion of the Orphans’ Court, which was as follows, per: On March 18, 1884, a petition was presented by Mary Ann, Clara I., and Charles F. Edwards, minor grandchildren of Charles Edwards, late of the City of Lancaster, in said county, deceased, by their next friend, Robert E. Bruce, in which their father, George J. Edwards, and mother, Irene C. Edwards, joined…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster County. No. 58 July Term, 1884. The facts of the case appear in the opinion of the Orphans’ Court, which was as follows, per: On March 18, 1884, a petition was presented by Mary Ann, Clara I., and Charles F. Edwards, minor grandchildren of Charles Edwards, late of the City of Lancaster, in said county, deceased, by their next friend, Robert E. Bruce, in which their father, George J. Edwards, and mother, Irene C. Edwards, joined them, setting forth that Charles Edwards died about March 21, 1882, leaving a will, in and by which he directed, inter…
1Opinion of the Court
The Supreme Court affirmed the decree of the Orphans’ Court on June 2nd, 1884, in the following opinion:
2Per curiam
This decree is well sustained by authority. It orders the payment to the grandchildren of the testator of a portion only of the interest and income of the estate of the deceased; Seitz’s Appeal, 87 Pa., 159. The authority to so decree is also given by the Act of 18th April, 1853, P. Laws, 507, Pur. Dig. 1460, Pl. 9.
Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed at the cost of the appellant.
3Cases cited1 opinion
- Seitz's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1878