Duffy's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 45, Jan. T., 1901, by Winifred Duffy, from decree of O. C. Luzerne Co., discharging rule on executors to assign coal royalties, in the Estate of Lawrence Duffy. Rule on executor to assign coal royalties. From the record it appeared that on December 7,1898, Lawrence A. Duffy made his will by which he directed, inter alia, as follows: “ Second.
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Appeal, No. 45, Jan. T., 1901, by Winifred Duffy, from decree of O. C. Luzerne Co., discharging rule on executors to assign coal royalties, in the Estate of Lawrence Duffy. Rule on executor to assign coal royalties. From the record it appeared that on December 7,1898, Lawrence A. Duffy made his will by which he directed, inter alia, as follows: “ Second. I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Winifred, during her natural life, the use of all my interest (which interest is an undivided one-half) in the coal and other minerals underlying and contained in the following described land.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
The will of Lawrence A. Duffy provided, inter alia: “ Second. I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Winifred, during her natural life, the use of my interest (which interest is an undivided one half) in the coal and other minerals underlying and contained in the following described land, situate,” etc. By the third paragraph the testator provides: “ I devise and bequeath to my nephew, James L. Lenahan, of the city of Wilkes-Barre Pa., all my estate and interest in the coal and other minerals in the land heretofore described in paragraph 2, absor…
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- Duffy's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904