Appeal of Townsend & Hartshorne
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County: Of January Term, 1884, No. 177. This was an appeal by Henry C. Townsend and Edward Hartshorne, executors and residuary legatees of Buhamah Calhoon, deceased, from a decree of the said court, ordering the said executors to pay the sum of $1,812.94 interest on a certain legacy from the date of the decedent’s death to the trustee for the legatee, and further ordering that in default of such payment, within…
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Appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County: Of January Term, 1884, No. 177. This was an appeal by Henry C. Townsend and Edward Hartshorne, executors and residuary legatees of Buhamah Calhoon, deceased, from a decree of the said court, ordering the said executors to pay the sum of $1,812.94 interest on a certain legacy from the date of the decedent’s death to the trustee for the legatee, and further ordering that in default of such payment, within twenty days, a levari facias should issue against the realty belonging to the residuary estate. The facts were as follows:…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
*273After ordering her executors to sell at public or private sale, according to the best of their judgment and discretion, all her real estate, and authorizing them, in like manner, to sell, assign and transfer all or any part of her personal property, the testatrix directed them, out of the proceeds, to pay over to trustees, one of whom was also an executor, the súm of $24,000, in trust to invest the same “in good, safe interest bearing securities, and the same to sell and change from time to time as they may see fit, and to collect and receive the interest, dividends and income thereof, and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Hilyard's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842
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