Appeal of Franklin's Administrator
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Dauphin county: Of May Term 1886, No. 18. Appeal of George M. Franklin, d. b. n. c. t. a. of the estate of Anne Franklin, deceased, from the decree of said court sustaining exceptions to the report of the Auditor, Robert Snodgrass, Esq., distributing the said estate. The following are the facts as they appear in the court below: Mrs. Anne Franklin died, in 1853, testate.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Dauphin county: Of May Term 1886, No. 18. Appeal of George M. Franklin, d. b. n. c. t. a. of the estate of Anne Franklin, deceased, from the decree of said court sustaining exceptions to the report of the Auditor, Robert Snodgrass, Esq., distributing the said estate. The following are the facts as they appear in the court below: Mrs. Anne Franklin died, in 1853, testate. In a codicil to her will she provided, inter alia, as follows: I direct the executors of my said will to retain three thousand dollars of the proceeds of the sale of my aforesaid house and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Teunkey
The executors of the will of Anne Franklin, deceased, invested the trust money in United States Treasury Notes. These notes on May 1st, 1865, were delivered to Anne E. Henderson and Elizabeth B. Franklin, who were entitled to the interest and income, on the express terms that they should retain the interest, and that the survivor should return the notes to the executors as directed by the said will. Soon after, Miss Franklin died, and the notes passed into the hands of Mrs. Henderson. On the 5th of August, 1881, Mrs. Henderson and her husband, reciting the prior receipt and that the…
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