Hough v. Hough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County. The defendants in error were plaintiffs, and the plaintiff in error defendant below. The cause was tried at a special court held by his honour Judge King. In giving theopinion of the court, the Chief Justice has fully stated the only question decided.
1Per curiam
A testator having children living at the making of his will, and having provided for the issue of those that were deceased, directs the residue of his estate to be divided, on the decease or marriage of a particular daughter, among his “ present surviving children and the representatives of those of them that shall be then deceased;” and the question is, shall the issue of those deceased at the making of *364the will participate with the issue of those dead only at the happening of the contingency 1 To state this question is to decide it. To maintain the affirmative, it is necessary to reject the…
2Cited by2 opinions
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- Pickering EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Bucks County · 1958