Lefevre's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 128, Jan. T., 1895, by George Witmer, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor’s report.
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Appeal, No. 128, Jan. T., 1895, by George Witmer, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor’s report. Christian H. Lefevre died on January 26, 1890, leaving a will which was in part as follows: “ Twenty-secondly:—My lot of ground situated on the northeast corner of North- Queen and Orange streets, in said city of Lancaster, with a three-story brick building and appurtenances, occupied as two stores, a dwelling and fruit and confectionery stand, being known as Nos. 101 and 103 North Queen street, subject to the payment to my estate of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mitchell,
As remarked by the learned auditor the twenty-second item of the will was written with so great an effort at precision as to make it obscure. We may not expect therefore to get it entirely consistent and clear of difficulty, but must take what appears to be the main intent. On that there is fortunately no room for serious doubt. The appellant and Mrs. Shertz were to get five thousand dollars out of the North Queen and Orange streets property. The. words of the will are to that extent as plain as language can make them, and the process by which this purpose of…
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