Cornell v. Lovett's
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of -Bucks county. This was an amicable action .on the case by Abraham Cornell and Christiana his wife, in right of the said Christiana, against Washington Mathews, executor of Samuel Lovett, deceased, wherein the parties agreed upon a case stated for the opinion of the court, in the nature of a special verdict.
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Error to the Common Pleas of -Bucks county. This was an amicable action .on the case by Abraham Cornell and Christiana his wife, in right of the said Christiana, against Washington Mathews, executor of Samuel Lovett, deceased, wherein the parties agreed upon a case stated for the opinion of the court, in the nature of a special verdict. The facts are fully stated in the following opinion, delivered in the court below, by Smyser, P. J.:— “Samuel Lovett, by his last will and testament, proven on the 1st day of June 1859, after giving to his wife Christiana certain articles of household…
1Per curiam
By the very terms of this will, this widow’s annuity ceased when she became married to her present husband, and that this condition is not void, is so abundantly proved by the learned judge of the Common Pleas, that we need add nothing to his opinion.
Judgment affirmed.
2Cited by2 opinions
- Holbrook's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Alexander's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941