Willock's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 198, Oct. T.,1894, by legatee, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1894, No. 48, overruling exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 198, Oct. T.,1894, by legatee, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1894, No. 48, overruling exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The decree of the auditing judge awarding distribution, concluded as follows: “ Note : The indebtedness of Mrs. Delilah A. Forsythe, due the estate of decedent on May 1, 1894, viz : mortgage and interest, amounts to $7,220, which is greater than her distributive share in above decree, therefore no distribution is made to her therein, but she is entitled to a credit thereon…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Fell,
The testator had loaned nearly the whole of his personal estate to his children. The loans were made at different times to meet their necessities or to serve their business interests. The executors charged themselves with the total amount due by the children, and in distribution deducted from their respective shares the amount due by each. All assented to this except the appellant, to whom her father had loaned 14,800 to enable her to purchase a farm on which she resided *525with her husband. The money received by her was used in payment for the farm, and a second…
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