Reed's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Erie county: Of October and November Term 1875, No. 85. This was an appeal by Harriet W. Reed, executrix, and Charles M. Reed and J. C. Harrison, executors of Charles M. Reed, deceased, from a decree of the court below making a partial distribution of the estate of the testator.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Erie county: Of October and November Term 1875, No. 85. This was an appeal by Harriet W. Reed, executrix, and Charles M. Reed and J. C. Harrison, executors of Charles M. Reed, deceased, from a decree of the court below making a partial distribution of the estate of the testator. General Reed died December 14th 1871. By his will, after certain specific gifts, he gave four-twelfths of his residuary estate, real and personal, to his wife, two-twelfths to each of his two sons, two-twelfths to his daughter Nellie, and the same share, less certain advancements, to…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment was entered in the Supreme Court, October 30th 1876,
Per Curiam. —
The right of these legatees to have their legacies is not denied, but the executors refuse immediate payment on the ground that the personal estate consists largely of bonds, mortgages, stocks and other securities, some of which are not due and others are not immediately convertible without loss. Charles M. Reed died and letters under his will were taken out in 1871, this petition was presented in 1873 and the report of the auditor filed in 1874. Sufficient time had elapsed therefore to give the executors an opportunity…
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