Legal Opinion
Richard's Estate
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Delaware County
Decided February 16, 1946No. 76Published
1Opinion of the Court
Van Roden, P. J.,
Marion Gilbert Richard died July 24, 1945, a resident of Delaware County, Pa. His will was duly probated, and two of the executors named therein have qualified to act.
The will contains the following provision:
“Item 5. That the properties at 107 and 111 Penn Boulevard, East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, be sold without needless sacrifice as soon as possible after my decease and that the proceeds therefrom be divided equally among my heirs.”
The decedent failed to authorize any person by name or description to make sale of his said real estate.
The executors have presented a petition…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gray v. HendersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872