Hermann's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 209, 210, 211 and 212, Oct. T., 1907, by Flora E. SMllito et al., from decree of O. O. Allegheny Co., March T., 1907, No. 149, sustaining exceptions to adjudication in Estate of John A. Hermann, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in sustaining exceptions to adjudication and directing that the interest on the legacies should be payable from the date of the widow’s death.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
John A. Hermann died December 8, 1897. By the second clause of his will, executed Hovember 24, 1897, he gave the rents, issues and profits of his entire estate to his wife for life. By the third clause, “ subject to said life estate,” he devised to his son, John A. Hermann, the appellee, a lot of ground in thei city of Allegheny, provided the devisee pay to his other children the sum of $18,000, to be divided among them, share *54and share alike. The widow of the testator died November 18, 1906, when the appellee took possession of the lot devised to him. The sole…
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