Brownfield's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the decree of the orphans’ court of Fayette county. > Thomas Brownfield, deceased, by his last will and testament, made the following disposition of his estate: “ First, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Mary Brownfield, one full third of the profits of my real estate and one third of my personal estate, during her life, after my just debts paid.
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APPEAL from the decree of the orphans’ court of Fayette county. > Thomas Brownfield, deceased, by his last will and testament, made the following disposition of his estate: “ First, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Mary Brownfield, one full third of the profits of my real estate and one third of my personal estate, during her life, after my just debts paid. I do also give and bequeath to my eldest daughter, Elizabeth Brownfield, she being a lunatic, meat, drink, food and apparel, washing and lodging, as her situation may require, to be taken out of my real and personal estate, at the…
1Opinion of the Court
*468The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The executor and accountant in this case claims a credit for 850 dollars, which he paid to the widow of the testator in her lifetime as one-third of the personal estate which remained after payment of the debts, and which, as the accountant alleges, she was entitled to receive as a legacy bequeathed to her by the testator in his will. The bequest is as follows:,—-“First, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Mary Brownfield, one full third of the profits of my real estate, and one-third of my personal estate, during her life, after my…
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