Dale v. Dale
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Cumberland, in a case between Elizabeth Dale, widow, plaintiff, and Dale’s executors, defendants, a special verdict was rendered in the case. James J. Dale died in 1847, having made his will, and letters of administration with the will annexed, were granted to defendants. The plaintiff was his widow.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Cumberland, in a case between Elizabeth Dale, widow, plaintiff, and Dale’s executors, defendants, a special verdict was rendered in the case. James J. Dale died in 1847, having made his will, and letters of administration with the will annexed, were granted to defendants. The plaintiff was his widow. The estate of deceased consisted of certain household furniture, which was delivered to the widow, under the will; a house and lot in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, now occupied by the widow, under the will; an interest of one-eighth in 300 acres of unimproved…
1Opinion of the Court
*449The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kogers, J.
When we take this will by its four corners, it is difficult to avoid coming to the conclusion that it was the intention of the testator to bequeath his whole estate, with a trifling exception, to his wife, during widowhood, for the benefit of herself and their only child, with a limitation over to the child in the event of her marrying again. A comfortable provision for her, coupled with the maintenance and education of their infant daughter, seems to have been the principal object in view, in the disposition of the estate. These laudable…
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