Wanner v. Snyder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 231, July T., 1895,, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Berks Co., Jan. T., 1895, No. 21, granting petition for sequestration of life estate. Petition by plaintiffs for tbe sequestration of the life estate-of tbe defendant under bis wife Christina Snyder to satisfy judgment in this suit. In addition to tbe portions of Christina Snyder’s will and codicil quoted in tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court, tbe follow ing clause sets forth tbe gift to tbe husband: “ Fourth.
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Appeal, No. 231, July T., 1895,, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Berks Co., Jan. T., 1895, No. 21, granting petition for sequestration of life estate. Petition by plaintiffs for tbe sequestration of the life estate-of tbe defendant under bis wife Christina Snyder to satisfy judgment in this suit. In addition to tbe portions of Christina Snyder’s will and codicil quoted in tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court, tbe follow ing clause sets forth tbe gift to tbe husband: “ Fourth. I give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved husband, Daniel K. Snyder, the interest and income and the rents, issues…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
It must be conceded that the terms of the will of Christina Snyder in relation to the gift of income to her husband, are so entirely similar to the provisions of the will which we considered in the case of Hahn v. Hutchinson, 159 Pa. 133, that, at first glance, the decision in that case appears to control this. The entire income of the residue of the estate of the testatrix is given to her husband directly. He also has the right to take possession of the real estate of the decedent, and to occupy it, or to lease it, “ for the purpose of ore, sand, stone, &c., as he…
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