Legal Opinion

Edwards' Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Delaware County

Decided April 15, 1946No. 619 of 1945Published

1Opinion of the Court

van Roden, P. J.,

Decedent, J. R. Lincoln Edwards, also known as Lincoln. Edwards, died December 30, 1944, leaving a will dated September 25, 1944, and an undated codicil thereto, both in his own handwriting. Two sons-in-law of testator, *683the executors named in the will, duly qualified, and are the accountants in this proceeding.

Testator was survived by his two daughters: Dorothy E. Walton and Gertrude E. Riley. His wife, Ida W. Edwards (also known as Ida May Edwards), predeceased him on January 14,1944.

The executors have filed their first account, which is presently before the court for audit.

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Matter of Estate of SwiftNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. Brown's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  3. Horn EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  4. Sherman v. MooreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
  5. McLure AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943

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