Burleigh Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell,
Clarence Burleigh died testate on February 25, 1923, leaving a last will dated November 5, 1919. The question involved: What shares did various heirs take under the Fifth paragraph of Burleigh’s will?
Testator, in the Fifth paragraph of his will, gave (a) his son income for life, (b) at his son’s death, maintenance and support to his widow for life, (c) maintenance and support during their minority for children of his son living at his death, and (d) after said children reach 21, balance of the net income to them for life.
The Fifth paragraph then relevantly…
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