McGlensey's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 90, Oct T., 1908, by Thomas B. Harvey, guardian of Henry Hollingsworth Spencer, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report in Estate of Rebecca McGlensey, deceased. Exceptions to report of John A. Clark, Esq., -auditor. The case turned upon the construction of the will of Rebecca McGlensey, the testatrix.
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Appeal, No. 90, Oct T., 1908, by Thomas B. Harvey, guardian of Henry Hollingsworth Spencer, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report in Estate of Rebecca McGlensey, deceased. Exceptions to report of John A. Clark, Esq., -auditor. The case turned upon the construction of the will of Rebecca McGlensey, the testatrix. The material portions of the will were as follows: “Item: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal or mixed, I give, devise and bequeath unto my friends, Archibald Randall and Erasmus D. Wolfe, their heirs and assigns, in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
The question involved in this case arises under the will of Rebecca McGlensey and is stated by appellant’s counsel thus: “ Do the words ‘ such of the children of Catharine Ann Spencer as may survive her ’ include a grandson, a son of a deceased child?” The learned auditor below answered this question in favor of the grandson, but on exceptions filed by Katharine Giles, the surviving child of Catharine Ann Spencer, the court below sustained the exceptions to the auditor’s report as follows: “March 27, 1908, the exceptions to the auditor’s report are sustained, and the…
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