Peterson's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 3. Appeal of Thomas K. Peterson and Israel Peterson, surviving trustees under the will of John Peterson, deceased, from the decree of the court confirming the adjudication of the account of said appellants.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 3. Appeal of Thomas K. Peterson and Israel Peterson, surviving trustees under the will of John Peterson, deceased, from the decree of the court confirming the adjudication of the account of said appellants. John Peterson died December 27th 1855, leaving a will by which he devised all his estate, real, personal and mixed, unto Thomas K. Peterson, Israel Peterson and Edwin Mitchel, and to the survivors and survivor of them and to the heirs and assigns of such survivor in trust: first, for the payment of his debts ;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
Did the testator intend to attach to the devises and bequests to the issue of his children a condition precedent that they should arrive at lawful age ? The answer is in the terms of the will. Interest and income of both real and personal estate of the share of each child are payable during his or her life, and at death, without leaving lawful issue, such share shall lapse and fall back into his estate and bo divided among such of his children as may then be living- and the issue of such as may be dead, in the way directed in reference to their particular shares. In case any of his children…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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