Thompson's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 21 and 41, Oct. T., 1910, by Martha A. Thompson, widow, and Eliza Martindell, sister oí the testator, from decree of O. C. Washington Co., May T., 1908, No. 81, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Jackson L. Thompson, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Taylor, J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeals, Nos. 21 and 41, Oct. T., 1910, by Martha A. Thompson, widow, and Eliza Martindell, sister oí the testator, from decree of O. C. Washington Co., May T., 1908, No. 81, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Jackson L. Thompson, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Taylor, J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned on behalf of the widow, appellant, were among others, in dismissing exceptions to auditor’s supplemental report, as follows: 1. The auditor erred in deducting the executors’ commissions and other expenses from the total estate…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
Jackson L. Thompson died December 14, 1906, testate leaving to survive him a widow, Martha A. Thompson, two sisters, Eliza Martindell and Permelia Hanna, and several collateral heirs. His will was dated November 12, 1906, probated December 26, 1906, and letters testamentary were granted to the executors named therein.
After directing his body to be decently interred in the Beallsville cemetery and that a suitable monument be erected, and without directing the payment of his debts and the expenses of administration, the will provides: "As to such estate as it…
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