Estate of Howell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 499, Jan. T., 1896, by Emily Howell Campbell et al., from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1884, No. 528, overruling exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 499, Jan. T., 1896, by Emily Howell Campbell et al., from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1884, No. 528, overruling exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The material exceptions to the adjudication were overruled, Ashman, J., filing the following opinion: Robert Howell bequeathed to his executors “ such a sum of money as will yield a net yearly income of §2,500, in trust.... to pay over the whole of said net yearly income ” to his wife for life, and if she should die childless, then to pay §10,000…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The assignments of error relate to the order of the orphans’ court awarding the granddaughter of the testator, who was his residuary legatee, and in case of intestacy would have been his sole heir, the accumulations of the income of a fund set apart by the executors to provide an income for life for the testator’s widow. The testator died in 1856. He bequeathed to his executors “ such a sum of money as will yield a net yearly income *519of $2,500 in trust to place the same at interest and keep it invested .... and to pay- over the whole of the said net yearly income ”…
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