Appeal of Reed
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FROM THE DECREE OP THE ORPHANS’ COURT OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 89 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 184 September Term 1886, O. C. The contention in tbe court below arose in the distribution of the proceeds of' real estate in the hands of Thomas Morrow, trustee under the will of Thomas Morrow, deceased.
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FROM THE DECREE OP THE ORPHANS’ COURT OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 89 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 184 September Term 1886, O. C. The contention in tbe court below arose in the distribution of the proceeds of' real estate in the hands of Thomas Morrow, trustee under the will of Thomas Morrow, deceased. At the audit on December 7,1886, before Hawkins, P. J., the facts appeared: Thomas Morrow, the testator, died September 11, 1874, leaving one daughter and nine grandchildren, children of a deceased daughter. By his will he gave Ms executors charge of his real estate, directing that…
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Opinion,
Mu. Justice Paxson:
Thomas Morrow, the testator, died September 11,1874. He left one daughter and nine grandchildren, children of a deceased daughter. By his will he gave his executors charge of his real estate, and directed that after they should realize from the rents, etc., sufficient to pay his debts, funeral expenses, and a legacy of $1,000 to a grandchild, and $500 to a great-grandchild, they should sell a certain described portion of his farm. The executors were to be the sole judges of the time when it should be sold as well as of the terms of sale. The will then provides: “…
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