Sandoe's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county: No. 76, to May Term 1870. In Michael Bard’s Estate. The decedent died on the 11th of May 1865, leaving a widow, three daughters and two sons, Jefferson S. Bard, aged then about twenty years, and William M. Bard, aged about thirteen years. John R. Sandoe was appointed guardian of William.
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Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county: No. 76, to May Term 1870. In Michael Bard’s Estate. The decedent died on the 11th of May 1865, leaving a widow, three daughters and two sons, Jefferson S. Bard, aged then about twenty years, and William M. Bard, aged about thirteen years. John R. Sandoe was appointed guardian of William. By the 3d clause of his will the testator directed that if his son Jefferson married or wished a farm for himself before William came of age, the executors should buy a farm for him of equal value with testator’s mansion place, and pay for the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, October 20th 1870, by
Read, J.
The will .of Michael Bard was before this court, in 8 P. F. Smith 393, when the three legacies to three married daughters of the testator were directed to be first paid, in preference to any appropriation of the personal estate, to buy a farm for *316Jefferson. So far as this went, the report of the auditors was set aside. The present appeal of the guardian of the minor William, necessarily brings up the consideration of the remainder of the report of the auditors, with which we shall now proceed to deal.
The widow, by her…
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