Woolmer's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Montgomery County, in the matter of the petition of the next of kin of David Woolmer, deceased. *The case was as follows:— David Woolmer of the borough Norristown, said county, made his will, dated the 8th of August, 1827, and thereby, after sundry legacies made the following bequest. “ Sixth.
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Appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Montgomery County, in the matter of the petition of the next of kin of David Woolmer, deceased. *The case was as follows:— David Woolmer of the borough Norristown, said county, made his will, dated the 8th of August, 1827, and thereby, after sundry legacies made the following bequest. “ Sixth. I give and bequeath under the domestic secretary and treasurer for the time being, of the United Foreign Missionary Society, the sum of $1000, for the use of the said society, to be paid within one year after my decease.” After certain other provisions, the…
1Opinion of the CourtKennedy, J.
David Woolmer, the testator in this case, among other things, by his last will and testament, bequeathed to the domestic secretary and treasurer for the time being, of the Foreign Missionary Society, the sum of one thousand dollars, for the use of the said society, to be paid within one year after his decease. After making this bequest, as also several others, he then gave the residue of his estate, real, personal and mixed, as follows, to wit, one fourth-part thereof to his sister Mary Pennock, her heirs and assigns forever; one other fourth-part thereof to his sister Edith Fronfield, her…
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