Reed's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 156 and 157, Jan. T., 1912, by Charles M. Warner and T. A. Lamb, Executors of Harriet W. Reed, deceased, from decree of O. C. Erie Co., Feb. T., 1909, No. 46, and Feb. T., 1.910, No. 45, awarding distribution in the Estate of Charles M. Reed,' deceased. Adjudication of the third and fourth partial accounts of trustee and administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeals, Nos. 156 and 157, Jan. T., 1912, by Charles M. Warner and T. A. Lamb, Executors of Harriet W. Reed, deceased, from decree of O. C. Erie Co., Feb. T., 1909, No. 46, and Feb. T., 1.910, No. 45, awarding distribution in the Estate of Charles M. Reed,' deceased. Adjudication of the third and fourth partial accounts of trustee and administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The accounts were presented in open court and confirmed nisi and upon exceptions being filed thereto, E. L. Whittelsey, Esq., was appointed auditor. The auditor filed a report…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The first question raised by this appeal is whether the lapsed share of Nellie Reed goes under the intestate laws as real estate to the heirs of the testator, or as personal property to his next of kin. Nellie Reed predeceased the testator several months, unmarried and without issue. That the gift to her lapsed and passed under the intestate laws was expressly decided by this court in Reed’s Est., 82 Pa. 428, and, therefore, this cannot be treated as an open question. It is contended for appellants that the will worked a conversion of the real estate, and that it…
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