Hoffner's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 313, Jan. T., 1894, by Rachel C. Anderson, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1893, No. 128, distributing estate of Prudence Hoffner, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication of executor’s account.
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Appeal, No. 313, Jan. T., 1894, by Rachel C. Anderson, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1893, No. 128, distributing estate of Prudence Hoffner, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication of executor’s account. The adjudication was as follows by Penrose, J.: “ The decedent died May 26, 1892. By her will, proved June 7, 1892, she gave $1,000 to the ‘trustees of St. John’s English Evangelical Church of Philadelphia, in trust that they shall safely invest the same and apply so much of the interesfc and income arising therefrom as may be necessary to keep in perfect repair the burial lot and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
Prudence Hoffner, the testatrix, died May 26,1892. On the 24th of May, two days before her death, she made her will, which was duly admitted to probate June 7, 1892.
The facts, either not disputed or found by the orphans’ court, were these: Prudence Hoffner, the testatrix, was the aged childless widow of Charles B. Hoffner, who died some time before the year 1882. After his death, the widow and her husband’s sister, Elizabeth B. Hoffner, lived together. The sister was *339possessed of a small estate consisting of a house and lot in Germantown, worth about $1,400, and…
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