Steele's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Pihe county. This was an appeal by Hannah Steele, widow of Gilbert Steele, deceased, from the decree of the court below, dismissing her petition for maintenance out of her late husband’s estate.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Pihe county. This was an appeal by Hannah Steele, widow of Gilbert Steele, deceased, from the decree of the court below, dismissing her petition for maintenance out of her late husband’s estate. The petition set forth that Gilbert Steele made his will on the 2d of December 1841, which was proved on the 17th of January 1842; that amongst other things it contained the following bequest to the petitioner : “ I give to my loving wife Hannah two good beds and bedding, and all my household furniture and clock, and to he furnished with a comfortable room, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson, J.
It seems very clear that the primary object of *440the testator, in this case, in that portion of his will making provision for his widow after his decease, was to secure for her a comfortable maintenance for life, and that the manner of doing so was to be entirely subordinate thereto. This primary intent is clearly disclosed, and its accomplishment charged upon all his realty, but not a word is said as to the mode and manner of its administration. We have nothing, therefore, to do, in interpreting the provision under consideration, if…
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