Legal Opinion

Livezey's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 4, 1914No. Appeal, No. 362PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal, No. 362, Jan. T., 1913, by The Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company, substituted Trustee for Emma Eckert, under the will of Miers P. Livezey, deceased, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., Oct. T., 1890, No. 215, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Miers P. Livezey, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Gest, 3. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.

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Appeal, No. 362, Jan. T., 1913, by The Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company, substituted Trustee for Emma Eckert, under the will of Miers P. Livezey, deceased, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., Oct. T., 1890, No. 215, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Miers P. Livezey, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Gest, 3. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the exceptions in an opinion filed by Anderson, J. The Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company, Trustee, appealed. Error assigned was in dismissing the exceptions

1Opinion of the Court

Pee Curiam,

The testator made the following provisions for his wife, in addition to a bequest of $2,500: “I also give and bequeath to my said wife the interest at six per cent, on the sum of ten thousand dollars to be paid to her half yearly by the trustees hereinafter named during the term of her natural life, the first payment of interest to be made in six months after my decease. Upon the death of my said wife the said sum of ten thousand dollars to be equally divided among my children, the issue of a deceased child receiving their parent’s share.” He then divided his residuary estate…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Small v. SmallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Goodin's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  2. Stille's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  3. Mullen's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  4. Roberts's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1922

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