Edwards's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia. This was an appeal bv Mrs. Sarah Edwards, from the decree of the court on the distribution of the proceeds of the real estate of William A. Edwards, deceased, which was sold by the executors of his last will and testament, under a power contained in said will.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia. This was an appeal bv Mrs. Sarah Edwards, from the decree of the court on the distribution of the proceeds of the real estate of William A. Edwards, deceased, which was sold by the executors of his last will and testament, under a power contained in said will. The case was this: — William A. Edwards, the testator, on the 10th September 1856, made his will, of which the material provisions are as follows :— “ Item. — It is my will, and I direct my executors herein named to hold all the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, real, personal,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Woodward, C. J.
The 15th section of our Statute of Wills of 8th of April 1833, Purdon 1018, is in these words: “ When any person shall make his last will and testament, and afterwards 'shall marry, or have a child or children not provided for in such will, and dies leaving a widow and child, or either a widow or child, or children, although such child or children be born after the death of their father, every'such person, so far as shall regard the widow or child, or children after born, shall be deemed and *152construed to die intestate, and such widow,…
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