Bennallack v. Rector

THE COURT.

This is an appeal from a “decree settling accounts and decree of distribution” in the matter of the estate of Philip Richards, deceased. The facts in this case are substantially as follows:

Philip Richards died in 1887, leaving a will in which William G-. Richards, Francis Richards and James Bennallack were named as executors. The will, which was duly admitted to probate, designated certain legatees and provided that in the event of the death of any one or more of such legatees before receipt of the respective bequests, the amount or amounts thereof should be paid to the testator’s…