Carstensen's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 78, Jan. T., 1900, by Elizabeth Anna Christie, from decree of O. C. Franklin Co., overruling exceptions to auditor’s report, in the estate of Marion Carstensen, deceased. Exceptions to report of Irvin C. Elder, Esq., auditor. The facts appear by the opinion of John Stewart, P. J., which was as follows : The testatrix, Mrs. Marion Carstensen, gave her entire estate in trust, directed its- conversion, and gave the income therefrom to her husband during his life.
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Appeal, No. 78, Jan. T., 1900, by Elizabeth Anna Christie, from decree of O. C. Franklin Co., overruling exceptions to auditor’s report, in the estate of Marion Carstensen, deceased. Exceptions to report of Irvin C. Elder, Esq., auditor. The facts appear by the opinion of John Stewart, P. J., which was as follows : The testatrix, Mrs. Marion Carstensen, gave her entire estate in trust, directed its- conversion, and gave the income therefrom to her husband during his life. The residuary estate she disposed of as follows: “ And from and after the decease of my said husband, I give, devise and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Justice Mestbezat,
The clear and elaborate- opinion of the learned president of the court below, thoroughly discussing all the questions arising in the case and citing numerous authorities to sustain- his position, relieves us from an extended review of the questions involved in this controversy. Many cases in our own and other states might be added to those cited by the court which clearly show the correctness’of his conclusions, but it is unnecessary.
The testatrix devised and bequeathed her entire estate to her executor in trust to convert the same into monej^ and to pay the…
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