Biddle's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county : Of July Term 1881, No. 58. Appeal of Elizabeth B. Biddle from a decree of the said court, dismissing her exceptions to and confirming the adjudication of the Auditing Judge upon the account of the executor of the estate of Mary Condy, deceased.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county : Of July Term 1881, No. 58. Appeal of Elizabeth B. Biddle from a decree of the said court, dismissing her exceptions to and confirming the adjudication of the Auditing Judge upon the account of the executor of the estate of Mary Condy, deceased. The facts were as follows :• — Mary Condy died June 29th 18S0, having by her will devised and bequeathed all her estate real and personal to her cousin Elizabeth B. Biddle, in trust to collect and receive the income and interest thereof for her own use during her life and at her death the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Meecub
This contention is between the tenant for life and the residuary legatee, under the will of Mary Condy, who died on the 29th June 1880. She gave and bequeathed all her estate *282to the appellant, in trust, to collect and receive the income thereof for her own use during her life, and at her death, the testatrix gave one-half the residue to the appellee. The property bequeathed was stock of the Insurance Company of North America. At a meeting of the stockholders of the company, held on the 15th November of the same year, it was resolved to increase the capital stock from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000…
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