Stand's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 307, Jan. T., 1922, by trustees of the A. Herr Smith Memorial Library, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., May T., 1920, No. 90, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in estate of James Shand, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Smith, P. J. Exceptions dismissed. Trustees of A. Herr Smith Memorial Library appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This controversy arises over the identity of a legatee. The will of the late James Shand of Lancaster makes, inter alia, a bequest as follows, viz: “To the Free Library Association, of the City of Lancaster aforesaid, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), the same to be invested in good and legal securities, and the income thereof to be used and expended in the maintenance of the said Association as in the judgment of its Board of Managers will seem best.” There was and is no single institution which exactly answers the description, yet there are two…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lawson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
- Amberson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Appeal of Washington & Lee UniversitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Wagner's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
- Estate of WampoleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
3Cited by10 opinions
- Logan v. WileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Jordan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Darlington's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Levan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Williamson EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
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