Goetz's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, No. 72, Jan. T., 1912, by Ferdinand Goetz Sons’ Company, and No. 73, Jan, T., 1912, by Fred W. Goetz, Executor from decree of O. C. Berks Co., Nov. T., 1910, No. 35, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Ferdinand Goetz, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Bland, P. J. Ferdinand Goetz, a member of the firm of Winter & Goetz, tanners, died leaving a will wherein he gave to his widow for life the entire income of his estate.
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Appeals, No. 72, Jan. T., 1912, by Ferdinand Goetz Sons’ Company, and No. 73, Jan, T., 1912, by Fred W. Goetz, Executor from decree of O. C. Berks Co., Nov. T., 1910, No. 35, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Ferdinand Goetz, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Bland, P. J. Ferdinand Goetz, a member of the firm of Winter & Goetz, tanners, died leaving a will wherein he gave to his widow for life the entire income of his estate. He named his son, Fred W. Goetz, and his son-in-law, William C. Billman, executors. He left six children, two of whom were minors. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
These two appeals will be disposed of together. The same questions are raised by each and the assignments of error are identical. It is not necessary that we decide whether the Ferdinand Goetz Sons’ Company has any standing as an appellant, as the appeal of Frederick W. Goetz, executor, must be sustained.
What the court had before it in adjudicating the account of the executors of Ferdinand Goetz, deceased, was his estate^ and the parties before it were his executors, his widow and children; but, in awarding to the widow what it found to be the net income of the…
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