Barnwell's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 164, Jan. T., 1921, by Robert Barnwell, from decree of O. C. Pbila. Co., Oct T., 1919, No. 108, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of James G. Barnwell, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication of Thompson, J. Tbe court in an opinion by Gummey, J., dismissed tbe exceptions. Robert Barnwell, next of kin, appealed. Error assigned was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moschzisker,
Robert Barnwell, the sole next of kin to testator and the only issue of his brother, Will E. Barnwell, claimed the residuary estate of decedent, on the ground that the bequest which we are about to set forth failed in law; the court below decided to the contrary, and this appeal followed.
Testator provided: “Whatever reputation and success I have attained, however moderate, being the result, under Providence, of two causes, first, the training of a good mother who always inculcated and practiced the highest principles of honor and especially of moral…
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