Appeal of Watson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
PROM THE DECREE OP THE ORPHANS’ COURT OP PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 149 January Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. October Term 1881. O. C. On April 1, 1885, the account of Thomas Bradfield, trustee, etc., under the will of Mary Watson, deceased, was filed.
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PROM THE DECREE OP THE ORPHANS’ COURT OP PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 149 January Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. October Term 1881. O. C. On April 1, 1885, the account of Thomas Bradfield, trustee, etc., under the will of Mary Watson, deceased, was filed. On the adjudication thereof, it was made to appear as follows: Mary Watson died December 14, 1876, leaving a will dated November 13, 1876, duly admitted to probate, wherein she directed her estate, real and personal, not otherwise specially disposed of, to be converted into money and tobe divided into four equal parts or shares, one of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Chief Justice Paxson :
The second assignment raises the only question in this case. It was as follows: “ The learned court erred in not awarding said fund to said claimant, upon the entry of security under the provisions of the act of May 17, 1871.” It requires but a glance at the will of Mary Watson to see that the trust created in favor of the appellant was a special active trusty The trustee is required by the. sixth paragraph of said will to “hold *345and invest the principal sum so received as aforesaid in good real estate securities and keep the same so invested, and from time to…
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