Appeal of Coggins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FROM THE DECREE OF THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 98 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 287 July Term 1878, O. C. On June 8, 1886, was filed the final account of Passmore Williamson, executor and trustee under the will of Thomas Williamson, deceased.
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FROM THE DECREE OF THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 98 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 287 July Term 1878, O. C. On June 8, 1886, was filed the final account of Passmore Williamson, executor and trustee under the will of Thomas Williamson, deceased. Tbis account was called for audit on July 8, 1886, when tbe following facts appeared: Thomas Williamson died testate on August 26, 1871, leaving a widow and four ebildren, Passmore Williamson, Mrs. Mary W. Coggins, Mrs. Anna W. Stackhouse and Mrs. Plicnbe W. Eldridge; and eleven grandchildren, four of whom were children…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion, Mr. Chief Justice Paxson :
This contention is about the proper construction of the will of the late Thomas Williamson. The testator bequeathed his estate in trust for the benefit of his wife and children. The provisions for the wife are not involved in this case. To each of his children he gave an estate for life. The clause of his will which affects this controversy is as follows :
“ And upon and after the decease of my wife, to continue .the management as aforesaid, for the benefit of my said four children, and so distribute and pay the whole net income of my residuary estate as that…
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