Kemerer's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, Oct. Ternl, 1915, by Mary Ann E. Kemerer, from decree of O. C. Westmoreland Co., Nov. T., 1912, No. 9, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in Estate of Zachariah Kemerer, Deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Copeland, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the exceptions. Mary Ann E. Kemerer appealed. Errors assigned were in dismissing the exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
The clause of testator’s will which is before us for construction reads as follows: “Second: I will and bequeath all my estate personal and real to my beloved wife so long as she remains mv widow. Third: After her death, I direct that my property be sold and the pro*284ceeds of my estate be divided equally, share and share alike among my children,” naming them. The court below decided the widow took only an estate for life or so long as she remained unmarried and entered a decree ordering the fund in controversy to be paid to a trustee to be invested and the interest…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Chandler v. WoelpperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Bruckman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Best v. HammondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
- Baker & Wheeler's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Appeal of HoweSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Keefer EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Meetkirk's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- Hess's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Lancaster County · 1932
- Ivison's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- Walker's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Erie County · 1932
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