Palethorp's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 32, Jan. T., 1915, by the Provident Life & Trust Company of Philadelphia, executor of the will of Henry B. Palethorp, deceased, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia County, July T., 1914, No. 287, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in estate of Henry B. Palethorp, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeal, No. 32, Jan. T., 1915, by the Provident Life & Trust Company of Philadelphia, executor of the will of Henry B. Palethorp, deceased, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia County, July T., 1914, No. 287, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in estate of Henry B. Palethorp, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. The adjudication of Dallett, P. J., was, in part, as follows: The testator died May 20, 1913, leaving a will dated January 3, 1913, whereby after directing the payment of Ms debts and funeral expenses and the erection of a tomb in his family lot in South Laurel Hill Cemetery similar…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
In the presence of two subscribing witnesses the testator signed and published his will 3d January, 1913. After directing that a tomb be erected on the family burial lot in the cemetery, he gave his entire estate to charitable uses, and named the Provident Life & Trust Company as executor and trustee. The execution of the will was witnessed by B. F. Jones, who at the time was an employee in the trust department of appellant, and by Richard T. Cadbury, assistant to the trust officer and a stockholder in said corporation. The primary question for decision is whether…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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