Sponsler's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from tbe Orphans’ Court of Cumberland county: Of May Term, 1884, No. 36. This was an appeal by George Sponsler from a decree of said Court in the matter of the distribution of the funds in the hands of John Hays, executor of the last will of A. L. Sponsler.
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Appeal from tbe Orphans’ Court of Cumberland county: Of May Term, 1884, No. 36. This was an appeal by George Sponsler from a decree of said Court in the matter of the distribution of the funds in the hands of John Hays, executor of the last will of A. L. Sponsler. From the report of J. M. Weakley, Esq., the Auditor to whom the distribution of tbe balance in tbe bands of the executor was referred, the following facts appeared: The fund for distribution was made up of a cash balance of tbe personal estate, together with some unconverted securities held by testator in his lifetime. Testator’s…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice GokdON
On the 19th of November, 1880, Alfred L. Sponsler, now deceased, made his will, in which he devised, inter alia, as follows : “I also give and bequeath to her, the said Alice, fifteen shares of second preferred Cumberland Valley Railroad stock, and one. second mortgage $500 Bond (No. 1), of said Railroad Company.” Afterwards, on the 28th of June, 1882, he added a codicil, the first paragraph of which is in the language following : “ I further give to my cousin, Alice Rheem, in addition to what I have given her by my will, fifteen shares of Cumberland Valley Railroad stock, preferred; one…
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