Mebus's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 129, Jan. T., 1922, by Sarah E. Mebus, from decree of O. C. Northampton Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report, in Estate of Christiana Mebus, deceased. Exceptions to report of F. W. Edgar, Esq., auditor. The parts of the will of Christiana Mebus, deceased, necessary to an understanding of this case, are as follows : “First. I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid...... “Second.
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Appeal, No. 129, Jan. T., 1922, by Sarah E. Mebus, from decree of O. C. Northampton Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report, in Estate of Christiana Mebus, deceased. Exceptions to report of F. W. Edgar, Esq., auditor. The parts of the will of Christiana Mebus, deceased, necessary to an understanding of this case, are as follows : “First. I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid...... “Second. It is my will that the family plot in the Easton Cemetery to be held by my......children [in] common, to be used only for the burial of themselves, husband of my daughter, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moschzisker,
We have before us the question of the proper construction to be placed on the will of Christiana Mebus, late of Easton, Pa., deceased, which was made prior to the Act *509of July 9, 1897, P. L. 213 (iu reference to definite and indefinite failure of issue) ; a copy of those portions of the will which are here involved may be found in the Reporter’s notes published in connection with this opinion. On the adjudication of an account, in the estate of the testatrix, the auditor and the court below determined that a fund, derived from the sale of real estate,…
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