Appeal of the Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term, 1876, No. 154. This appeal was from the decree of the court sur exceptions to the adjudication of the account of the executors of Joel 0. Hilsee, deceased. Hilsee by his will, dated May 29th 1856, devised and bequeathed all his estate, real and personal, to his executors.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term, 1876, No. 154. This appeal was from the decree of the court sur exceptions to the adjudication of the account of the executors of Joel 0. Hilsee, deceased. Hilsee by his will, dated May 29th 1856, devised and bequeathed all his estate, real and personal, to his executors. The Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, in trust to sell the same at either public or private sale, and after payment of debts and a legacy to his wife, to divide the residue into 'four equal parts and pay one to his son…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
Joel 0. Hilsee, by his will, dated May 29th 1856, proved at Philadelphia, June 9th 1856, devised and bequeathed all his estate, real and personal, to his executor, the appellant, upon trust to sell the same, and, after payment of his debts and a legacy to his wife, to divide the residue into four equal shares, and pay one to his son Charles; the remaining three he directed to be invested, one for his son Jos.eph, one for his daughter Hannah R., and the other for his daughter Sarah T.; each to have and enjoy the interest and income of his or her share during life, and, upon the death of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hellman ex rel. Miltenberger v. HellmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834
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