Nice's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan. T., 1909, by Lizzie N. Neff, from decree of O. C. Berks Co., May T., 1908, Ño. 22, overruling exceptions to adjudication in Estate of F. B. Nice. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the decree of distribution.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
January 17,1910:
The question presented by this appeal is the proper con*77struction of the residuary clause of the will of Dr. F. B. Nice, which is as follows: “Paragraph 5. Item. As to the rest or residue of my Estates I give devise and bequeath to my Daughter Lizzie during her Natural life and to her Isue but should she die without Isue then I direct that said bequeathed Estates of which she shall die posesed shall be equally divided among the Children of my son Benjamin Nice, M. D. share and share alike and should any of them die leaving Isue then I direct that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Taylor v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Oughton v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Amelia Smith's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
- Snyder's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Biddle's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Lippincott's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1943