Striewig's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 133, Jan. T., 1895, by John T. Wambaugh et al., from decree of O. C. York Co., sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor’s report. From the report of the auditor, James St. Ciair McCall, Esq., it appeared that the will of Barbara Striewig was as follows: “I Barbara Striewig of York City, County of York and State of Pennsylvania do hereby make this my last will and testament. “First. I give and bequeath to John Wambaugh one hundred dollars.
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Appeal, No. 133, Jan. T., 1895, by John T. Wambaugh et al., from decree of O. C. York Co., sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor’s report. From the report of the auditor, James St. Ciair McCall, Esq., it appeared that the will of Barbara Striewig was as follows: “I Barbara Striewig of York City, County of York and State of Pennsylvania do hereby make this my last will and testament. “First. I give and bequeath to John Wambaugh one hundred dollars. “ Second. I give and bequeath to Alice Irwin one hundred dollars. “ Third. I give and bequeath to Kate Irwin one hundred…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Ctjeiam,
The learned court was clearly right in construing the will in question and holding, among other things, that, instead of dying intestate as to the greater part of her estate, the testatrix, in and by the fourth clause of her will, disposed of all that remained after paying expenses, etc., and the three legacies given by her in the preceding clauses. The questions involved in the specifications of error, so far as they are material, have been sufficiently considered and satisfactorily disposed of in the opinion sent up with the record. On that we affirm the decree and dismiss the…
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