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Crozier's Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 9, 1879PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Juniata county: Of May Term 1879, No. 167. Everard Oles died March 30th 1877, leaving an estate valued at about $>60,000 and a widow, but no children or lineal heirs. He left a will, wherein the following provision was made for his widow: “It is my will and I order and direct that my beloved -wife Mary, if she survive me, shall have the -net annual proceeds. arising from my real and personal estate * * * so long as she lives.”

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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Juniata county: Of May Term 1879, No. 167. Everard Oles died March 30th 1877, leaving an estate valued at about $>60,000 and a widow, but no children or lineal heirs. He left a will, wherein the following provision was made for his widow: “It is my will and I order and direct that my beloved -wife Mary, if she survive me, shall have the -net annual proceeds. arising from my real and personal estate * * * so long as she lives.” The widow died thirty-six days after her husband, on the 6th May 1877, intestate, and letters of administration on her estate were…

1Opinion of the Court

The judgment of the Supreme Court wras entered,

2Per curiam

We affirm the decree upon the opinion of the learned president, of the court below.

Decree affirmed, and appeal dismissed at the cost of the appellant.

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Arnold's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  2. Mead v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
  3. McCutcheon's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  4. Gerlach's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  5. Fleming's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907

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