Estate of Duvall
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Washington County
No. 63 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 8 May Term 1889, ,0. C. To the number and term of the court below, Abigail L. Graves presented her petition setting forth, in substance : That David Duvall died in 1865, testate, leaving to survive him Alexander B. Duvall, an only son; Sarah Iiow, Eliza Hannen, Ruth Garrett and Nancy Robinson, four married daughters; Mary Duvall, an unmarried daughter; and four grandchildren, to wit, Mary A. Bumgarner, Emily Graves, John…
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No. 63 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 8 May Term 1889, ,0. C. To the number and term of the court below, Abigail L. Graves presented her petition setting forth, in substance : That David Duvall died in 1865, testate, leaving to survive him Alexander B. Duvall, an only son; Sarah Iiow, Eliza Hannen, Ruth Garrett and Nancy Robinson, four married daughters; Mary Duvall, an unmarried daughter; and four grandchildren, to wit, Mary A. Bumgarner, Emily Graves, John H. Graves and Abigail L. Graves, the petitioner, being the children of Abigail Graves, a deceased daughter; that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Sterrett :
In this proceeding appellant seeks to enforce payment of the legacy of eight hundred dollars, bequeathed to her in 1865 by her grandfather, David Duvall, “ to be paid when she is twenty-one years of age.” Her claim is based on the following grounds:
1. That the legacy is a charge on testator’s real estate devised to the appellees.
2. That her uncle Alexander Duvall, one of the appellees, is liable either personally, or by virtue of his office as executor of his father’s will.
*184In an opinion, reciting all the facts and fully considering the questions presented, the…
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