Wilson's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 108, Oct. T., 1914, by Eber E. Hilton, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., April T., 1911, No. 9, directing payment of amount due on legacy in Estate of Margaret A. Wilson, deceased. Rule to pay amount due on legacy. Before Smith, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the decree directing payment by the executor.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
By the final adjudication in the above estate, filed May 20, 1912, the appellees were found to be entitled to certain legacies bequeathed to them by decedent. In the sums apportioned to them interest was included. The interest was calculated from the expiration of a year after the death of the testatrix, and the accounts showed that there were sufficient funds to pay all the legacies. On December 9, 1912, two of the appellees signed a release in which they acknowledged payment in full of all claims they had against the estate. In the release was incorporated at length a…
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- Newlin v. NewlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1815
- Deardorff's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1837
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- Horton's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
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