Legal Opinion
Gernert Estate
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Lehigh County
Decided June 15, 1950No. 21,542Published
1Opinion of the Court
Gearhart, P. J.,
This is the audit of the fourth and final account of Benjamin H. Stuckert, surviving substituted executor of the last will and testament of Emma C. Gernert, deceased.
The only question presented at the audit concerns Item 7 of testatrix’s will. This item provides:
“I give and bequeath to my nephew, Benjamin H. Stuckert, and my niece, Emily I. Kress, their heirs and assigns absolutely and forever, my piano, which I value at Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, and also the sum of *360Five Hundred ($500) Dollars. The one not taking the piano shall have the Five Hundred ($500) Dollars in cash.”
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Horn's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Gerlach EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Smith's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
- Frost EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Miller's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915