Freeman's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan. T., 1909, by Anna Dimond Freeman, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. Term, 1907, No. 48, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Charles D. Freeman, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Anderson, J., the auditing judge, stated the facts to be as follows: Decedent died May 1, 1891, having first made and published his last will and testament, by which he bequeathed his estate to his wife for life (see Freeman’s Est., 16 Pa. Dist.
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Jan. T., 1909, by Anna Dimond Freeman, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. Term, 1907, No. 48, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Charles D. Freeman, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Anderson, J., the auditing judge, stated the facts to be as follows: Decedent died May 1, 1891, having first made and published his last will and testament, by which he bequeathed his estate to his wife for life (see Freeman’s Est., 16 Pa. Dist. Rep. 873), and appointed her executrix thereof, but made no provision as to what was to become of his estate after her death, and it therefore…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
February 14, 1910:
The testator, Charles D. Freeman, died May 1, 1891, leaving a will wherein he provided as follows: “ I give and devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate to my wife to take and use the same and the net income thereof during all the term of her natural life and without giving security as life tenant thereof.” He left him surviving a widow, S. Augusta Freeman, and five children, Henry B. Freeman, Isobel *158F. Frost, Marion F. Wills (now Lukens), Augusta F. Richardson (now Howes), and Canfield Darwin Freeman. The widow enjoyed the income…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Burr v. SimSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
- McCausland's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Reed's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
- Bradley v. BradleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
- Freeman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
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