Gould's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 266, Jan. T., 1921, by Augusta G. Matthews, administratrix of estate of Josephine L. B. Gould, deceased, and of Augusta G. Matthews, individually, Josephine G. Gould and Ida Little, claimants, from decree of O. 0. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1878, No. 20, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in estate of John Edgar Gould, Sr., deceased. Exceptions to adjudication of Lamorelle, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 266, Jan. T., 1921, by Augusta G. Matthews, administratrix of estate of Josephine L. B. Gould, deceased, and of Augusta G. Matthews, individually, Josephine G. Gould and Ida Little, claimants, from decree of O. 0. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1878, No. 20, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in estate of John Edgar Gould, Sr., deceased. Exceptions to adjudication of Lamorelle, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court, in an opinion by Gest, J., dismissed the exceptions. Augusta G. Matthews et al., claimants, appealed. Error assigned, among others, was decree.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
The will under consideration was before Judge Hanna of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia in 1877, and, in passing on the executor’s account, he held the widow should receive during her life, in addition to her estate under the intestate laws, $2,500 per annum, if the estate yielded so much, less what she might receive from her share of the income of the real estate. Under Judge. Hanna’s interpretation of the will, the widow’s share was limited to the income from the estate up to $2,500. Since that time, under this ruling, the representatives of the estate have…
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