Harrar's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 197, Jan. T., 1913, by Henry M. Fussell and Girard Trust Company, Executors and Trustees of the Estate of John Harrar, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., Oct. T., 1912, No. 583, requiring the Executors to convey real estate to the legatees in Estate of John Harrar, Deceased. Petition to require the executors and trustees of a decedent to convey real estate to the legatees. Before Dallett, P. J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 197, Jan. T., 1913, by Henry M. Fussell and Girard Trust Company, Executors and Trustees of the Estate of John Harrar, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., Oct. T., 1912, No. 583, requiring the Executors to convey real estate to the legatees in Estate of John Harrar, Deceased. Petition to require the executors and trustees of a decedent to convey real estate to the legatees. Before Dallett, P. J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The. court awarded the relief prayed for in the petition. The trustees appealed. Error assigned was the decree of the court. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Potteb,
This is an appeal by Henry M. Fussel and the Girard Trust Company, executors and trustees under the will of John Harrar, deceased, from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County, directing them to convey to the grandchildren of the said John Harrar, deceased, as tenants in common, certain real estate which was of the said John Harrar, deceased.
From the history of the case, as presented by counsel for appellants, it appears that John Harrar died November 10, 1911, leaving about $37,000 worth of personal estate, and real estate said to be worth $165,000.…
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