Metzger v. Lehigh Valley Trust & Safe Deposit Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 29, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lehigh Co., Jan. T., 1907, No. 14, on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Thomas B. Metzger v. Lehigh Valley Trust & Safe Deposit Company, Trustee of the Estate of Maria C. Grim, deceased. Assumpsit on a written contract. The case was tried by the court without a jury. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 29, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lehigh Co., Jan. T., 1907, No. 14, on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Thomas B. Metzger v. Lehigh Valley Trust & Safe Deposit Company, Trustee of the Estate of Maria C. Grim, deceased. Assumpsit on a written contract. The case was tried by the court without a jury. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $9,900.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
By her last will and testament Maria C. Grim disposed of her residuary estate as follows: “ And as to the rest and residue of my said estate not otherwise disposed of, I give devise and bequeath unto the Lehigh Yalley Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Allentown, in trust nevertheless, that the interest on the principal sum after the same is converted into cash, be paid annually unto my brother, Thomas B. Metzger, during his natural life and immediately after his death, then said principal sum with accrued interest, if any, unto his surviving children share and…
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