Kortright's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 107-108-109-110, Jan. T., 1912, by George W. Covington, Ellen C. Toad-vine, Mary L. Tingle and Laura Denby, next of kin, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1908, No. 191, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of Martha Ellen Kortright, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeals, Nos. 107-108-109-110, Jan. T., 1912, by George W. Covington, Ellen C. Toad-vine, Mary L. Tingle and Laura Denby, next of kin, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1908, No. 191, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of Martha Ellen Kortright, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Errors assigned were in dismissing exceptions to adjudication. — It is a matter of no moment that the gifts to the charities implies an intention to disinherit the next of kin, for such an intention even if expressly stated, and a fortiori if…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The testatrix gave the residue of her estate, amounting to $1,236,989.25, equally to the Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia, the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church in the XTnited States of America, and the Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Ministers and the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Ministers. Two of these organizations — the first and fourth — held assets at the time of the death of testatrix equal to or exceeding the amounts which their respective…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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