Benson's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 196, Jan. T., 1903, by Florence B. Yollrath, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. Term, 1903, No. 612, dismissing petition to compel trustees to pay over rentals in estate of Harriet S. Benson, deceased. Petition to compel trustees to pay over rentals.
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Appeal, No. 196, Jan. T., 1903, by Florence B. Yollrath, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. Term, 1903, No. 612, dismissing petition to compel trustees to pay over rentals in estate of Harriet S. Benson, deceased. Petition to compel trustees to pay over rentals. The petition set out that testatrix died September 3, 1902, leaving a will, of which E. N. Benson, R. D. Benson and Charles M. Morton are executors; that petitioner was decedent’s adopted daughter and had intermarried in decedent’s lifetime with Alfred J. Yollrath; that during decedent’s lifetime she purchased in her own name for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Thompson,
In 1890 Miss Benson, who had adopted the appellant as her daughter, who married Alfred J. Yollrath, bought for her the property 1105 Spruce street, Philadelphia, for the sum of $22,500. This property was purchased by her as a residence for appellant and in her will she provided “ that the house No. 1105 Spruce street, which I have purchased for my said adopted daughter Florence to live in, shall be held by the trustees named in my will for the said Florence and her children, under the same limitations, conditions and upon the same trusts as are set forth in the…
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