Hance's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 331, Oct. T., 1917, by Edward H. Hance, Jr., Executor and Trustee, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co./ Jan. T., 1917, No. 605, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Edward H. Hance, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeal, No. 331, Oct. T., 1917, by Edward H. Hance, Jr., Executor and Trustee, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co./ Jan. T., 1917, No. 605, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Edward H. Hance, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Prom the record it appeared that Edward H. Hance, the testator, died December 14,1914, having first made a last will dated May 23, 1910, of which he appointed his wife, Charlotte E. Hance, and his sons, Anthony M. Hance and Edward H. Hance, Jr., as executors and trustees. His wife, Charlotte E. Hance, died before the testator. The will created a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The testator devised one-third of his residuary estate to his executors in trust to pay the income in equal shares to his sons, Anthony M. Hance and Edward H. Hance, Jr., during their natural lives, and followed it by apt words making the income free of any demands of creditors and not assignable. He appointed his wife and the two sons above named as executors, but his wife having died before the testator, the two sons became at the same time the executors of the estate and the recipients of the income.
The sole question involved is whether there can be a valid…
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