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Letterle's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 8, 1915No. Appeal, No. 204PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Appeal, No. 204, Jan. T., 1914, by W. P. Barba, Executor of the Estate of Christina Miller, deceased, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., July T., 1899,.No. 267, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Gottlieb Letterle, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication.

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Appeal, No. 204, Jan. T., 1914, by W. P. Barba, Executor of the Estate of Christina Miller, deceased, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., July T., 1899,.No. 267, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Gottlieb Letterle, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Gest, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. ■ • The court dismissed the exceptions in the opinion by' Dallett, P. J. W. P. Barba, executor of the Estate of Christina Miller, deceased, appealed. Error assigned was in dismissing the exceptions.

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Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Brown,

In the will of Gottlieb Letterle, who died in 1898, there *96is the following provision; “I do give devise and bequeath the free use possession enjoyment benefit and advantage of all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my estate Real, Personal and Mixed whatsoever and wheresoever the same may be situate and of which I may die seised possessed or in any way entitled to unto my beloved wife, Catharine Letterle, for and during all the term and time of her natural life she to pay all taxes, water rents and the cost and expense of keeping the real estate in good order…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Appeal of ReiffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889

3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Dempster's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. Powell's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. Weir's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  4. Kirkpatrick's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  5. Lyman EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950

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