Snyder's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the’ Orphans’ Court of Snyder county: Of May Term 1880, No. 219. Appeal of Jeremiah Snyder and others from the decree of the court in the distribution of a fund in the hands of the guardian of Allen S. Hummel, deceased.
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Appeal from the’ Orphans’ Court of Snyder county: Of May Term 1880, No. 219. Appeal of Jeremiah Snyder and others from the decree of the court in the distribution of a fund in the hands of the guardian of Allen S. Hummel, deceased. George A. Snyder died December 14th 1871, leaving a will dated February 27th 1869, which contained, inter alia, the following direction: “ And, further, I bequeath unto my beloved wife out the third of all my other real and personal property as soon after it is sold as can be made convenient for the and at her decease I give and bequeath unto my children as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
The testator, George A. Snyder, directed all his real estate to be sold. The proceeds, together with his personal property, constituted the estate of which he disposed. It was, of course, all personal estate. Subject to a provision in favor of his widow during her life, he gave the whole of it in equal shares to his six sons, a daughter and a grandson, Allen S. Hummel, the child of a deceased daughter. The will then provides as follows: “ And in case my said grandson, Allen Hummel, shall at any time die without issue I then give and bequeath the bequest of him, the said *177Allen Ilummel so dying…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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