Estate of Schmid
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 158, Jan. T., 1897, by Frank M. Dunlap, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor’s report, distributing the balance in the hands of the administrators of Marks Schmid’s estate.
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Appeal, No. 158, Jan. T., 1897, by Frank M. Dunlap, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor’s report, distributing the balance in the hands of the administrators of Marks Schmid’s estate. The case was referred to B. C. Kready, Esq., who reported as follows: Marks Schmid died June 24, 1890, leaving a will, in which, among other things, he provides as follows: “ And the residue of my estate, real and personal, and wheresoever found, I give and bequeath unto my dear wife, Fredericka, giving her full power and authority to sell the same…
1Opinion of the Court
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Mr. Justice Green,
In the case of Brockley’s Appeal, 4 Atl. Rep. 210, not reported in the State Reports, we certainly did hold that an estate precisely like this was an estate for life only. The words of *272the will in that case were, “ I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Konigunda, all my estate real and personal, and wheresoever found at the time of my death, giving her full power and authority to sell the whole or any part of my said real estate and execute deed or deeds therefor; and in case any of my said estate be left after the death of my said wife I order it to be divided as…
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