Shillito v. Shillito
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 54, Oct. T., 1893, by defendant, W. Washington Shillito, from decree of O. P. Beaver Co., Dec. T., 1891, No. 1, on bill in equity, for plaintiff, G. Mil-' ton Shillito. Bill in equity to enforce contribution to expenses paid by plaintiff for support of mother and sister under father’s will.
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Appeal, No. 54, Oct. T., 1893, by defendant, W. Washington Shillito, from decree of O. P. Beaver Co., Dec. T., 1891, No. 1, on bill in equity, for plaintiff, G. Mil-' ton Shillito. Bill in equity to enforce contribution to expenses paid by plaintiff for support of mother and sister under father’s will. From the report of the master, Frank H. Laird, Esq., it appeared that James Shillito, father of plaintiff and defendant, died Nov. 10,1864, leaving a will by which he devised his land to his two sons. He also directed as follows : “ It is my will that my wife Violet shall have a comfortable…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The parties to this litigation are sons of James Shillito, *170deceased, and executors of his will. To them he devised all his real estate, and on them he laid the duty of providing for his daughters so long as the latter should live unmarried- with his widow. He also directed that in addition to her rights under the intestate and exemption laws, his widow should have one cow, and a comfortable maintenance from his estate during-her life, with a house to live in. In the acceptance by the sons of the lands devised to them there was an undertaking on their part to…
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