Estate of Sims
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY MARY A. MCCLELLAND FROM THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. . No. 174 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 44 March Term 1889, O. C. On May 8, 1889, Mrs. Mary A. McClelland presented her petition averring: That she was the daughter and devisee under the will of the said David Sims; that by the terms of the said will, it was provided, among other things, that petitioner should have the income of certain realty, situate on Mattock’s alley, Pittsburgh,…
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APPEAL BY MARY A. MCCLELLAND FROM THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. . No. 174 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 44 March Term 1889, O. C. On May 8, 1889, Mrs. Mary A. McClelland presented her petition averring: That she was the daughter and devisee under the will of the said David Sims; that by the terms of the said will, it was provided, among other things, that petitioner should have the income of certain realty, situate on Mattock’s alley, Pittsburgh, with remainder over in the same, in fee simple, to her children at her death; that under the powers contained in said…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
This case is ruled by Watson’s App., 125 Pa. 340. The trust is a special active trust, and is not affected by the act of May 17, 1871, P. L. 269.
Decree affirmed, and the appeal dismissed at the costs of the appellant.
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- Appeal of WatsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889