Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Wood
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 150, Oct. T., 1901, by Nellie W. Wood, from decree of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1901, No. 398, on bill in equity in case of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Pittsburg, trustee under the will of Hannah Wood, deceased, - for Emma H. Reath; the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Pittsburg, trustee, under the will of Hannah Wood, deceased, for Elizabeth R. Sterling and Elizabeth R. Sterling and Emma H. Reath v. Annie M. Wood, widow of James T. Wood,…
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Appeal, No. 150, Oct. T., 1901, by Nellie W. Wood, from decree of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1901, No. 398, on bill in equity in case of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Pittsburg, trustee under the will of Hannah Wood, deceased, - for Emma H. Reath; the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Pittsburg, trustee, under the will of Hannah Wood, deceased, for Elizabeth R. Sterling and Elizabeth R. Sterling and Emma H. Reath v. Annie M. Wood, widow of James T. Wood, deceased, and Anna T. Wood, sole surviving child of said James T. Wood, deceased; Thomas S. B. Wood, James Emile Wood,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The husband of the appellant was a son of James T. Wood, who was a son of Hannah Wood, and the question raised on this appeal is as to the interest of the grandson in his grandmother’s estate. It passed to him under the third clause of her will, and the appellant, his widow, insists that it vested at the death of the testatrix, and that she is entitled to her dower in it. The court below was of the opinion that the interest of the husband had not vested and denied her claim for dower. The clause to be construed is as follows:
“ Third, I do hereby devise and bequeath…
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