Sharp's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 260, October Term, 1918, by Hon. Clarence J. Buckman, Escheator for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appointed by the auditor general November 9, 1917, from decree of Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County dismissing exceptions to adjudication in the estate of Sarah Sharp, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication before Gest, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Errors assigned were dismissing exceptions to adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
Sarah Sharp, by her will, bequeathed the residue of her estate to (1) the Old Men’s Home of Odd Fellows, (2) Rebekah Home of Odd Fellows, and (3) the Great Council Improved Order of Red Men, share and share alike. She died less than one calendar month after she made the will.
*36The question in this appeal is whether the gift to these societies is for a charitable use such as is forbidden by the Act of April 26, 1855, Sec. 11, P. L. 332, which provides: “No estate, real or personal, shall hereafter be bequeathed, devised or conveyed to any body politic, or to any person, in…
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