Hupp v. Union Coal & Coke Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephaet,
William H. Bennett died testate in 1897 seised of a farm underlaid with the Pittsburgh vein of coal, containing 94 acres. He left to survive him a widow and seven children one of whom was named "Martha. The farm was devised to his widow for life and it was directed that at her death it “shall be sold by my executor's......and the proceeds” disposed of as follows: $100 to a grandson, “and the residue” divided into seven equal shares, — one share to each of six named children, and the seventh, Martha’s share, was to “be invested in real estate by my executors…
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