Dickson v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 89, Oct. T., 1918, by trustees under the will of Eliza T. Edwards, from decree of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1916, No. 2402, in equity, rendered in proceedings for partition of real estate in the case of Burd B. E. Dickson et al. v. Eliza E. Edwards et al. Bill in equity for partition of real estate. Before Shaper, J. The case turned upon the interpretation of the will of Eliza Thaw Edwards, deceased.
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Appeal, No. 89, Oct. T., 1918, by trustees under the will of Eliza T. Edwards, from decree of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1916, No. 2402, in equity, rendered in proceedings for partition of real estate in the case of Burd B. E. Dickson et al. v. Eliza E. Edwards et al. Bill in equity for partition of real estate. Before Shaper, J. The case turned upon the interpretation of the will of Eliza Thaw Edwards, deceased. The court found that the trust created by the will was confined to one-half of the personal estáte and did not include one-half of the real estate, and so decreed. The trustees…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
Eliza Thaw Edwards died May 13, 1912, testate, leaving to survive her four daughters, Burd B. E. Dickson, wife of Charles E. Dickson, Katherine M. Edwards, Eliza T. Edwards and Mary L. Edwards, and five grandchildren, children of Mrs. Dickson, one of whom has since died. The will of Mrs. Edwards is dated August 8, 1906, and to it she added two codicils, the first dated August 1,1908, and the second July 27,1911. She named as her executors her daughter, Katherine, her son-in-law, Charles E. Dickson, and the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Pittsburgh, to whom…
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- Estate of DeSilverPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1891
- Edwards's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Miller's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Shaner v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Estate of McGovranSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
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