Estate of White
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 399, Jan. T., 1895, by tire Free Library'of Philadelphia, from decree of O. C. Phila. County, July T., 1894, No. 193, overruling exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The auditing judge, Ferguson, J., held that the legatees took the legacies free and clear of any condition whatever.
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Appeal, No. 399, Jan. T., 1895, by tire Free Library'of Philadelphia, from decree of O. C. Phila. County, July T., 1894, No. 193, overruling exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The auditing judge, Ferguson, J., held that the legatees took the legacies free and clear of any condition whatever. In the course of his adjudication he said: The first question to be considered is whether this bequest violates the rule against perpetuities. The contingency, upon the happening of which the gift over takes effect, might not occur…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
Robert G. White, of Philadelphia, the testator, died on 31st of July, 1893, leaving a will, by which, as modified by the codicils, he gave:
1. To the Presbyterian Orphanage in Philadelphia, $2,000.
2. To the Presbyterian Home for Widows and Single Women, $2,000.
*6463. To the Indigent Widows’ and Single Women’s Society, 1100.
Then appears this sweeping direction in the will:
“ It is my will and I hereby direct, in regard to every one of the legacies bequeathed by my said Will and Codicils, or which may be bequeathed by any future Codicil, or by any writing in my own hand or…
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