Sproul's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Lycoming county: Of January Term, 1884, No. 87. Appeal by Cornelia R. Sproul, administratrix of Isaac G. Sproul,.deceased, from a decree of said court, dismissing her exceptions to the report of an auditor in the distribution of the estate of Henry Sproul, deceased, in the hands of his executrix, and confirming the auditor’s report.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Lycoming county: Of January Term, 1884, No. 87. Appeal by Cornelia R. Sproul, administratrix of Isaac G. Sproul,.deceased, from a decree of said court, dismissing her exceptions to the report of an auditor in the distribution of the estate of Henry Sproul, deceased, in the hands of his executrix, and confirming the auditor’s report. The auditor appointed to report distribution of the assets in the hands of said executrix, as shown by her first and partial account, (J. L. Meredith Esq.) found the material facts to be as follows: The testator, Henry Sproul,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stebbbtt
After giving nearly all his estate to his wife and daughters, and appointing an executrix, the testator, in the last clause of his will, makes the following bequest: “I give to my sons, Isaac and James, $1,000 each, the interest to be paid them annually by my executrix, who is to be their trustee in this bequest.” James, the last named legatee, pre-deceased his father, who died January 16,1875, and Isaac died March 16, 1881, leaving a widow, Cornelia R. Sproul, the appellant, to whom letters of administration on his estate were granted by the register of Allegheny county.
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