Disston's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 84, Jan. T., 1917, by William Dunlop Disston, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., April T:, 1916, No. 369, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of William Disston, Deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Dallett, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The lower court dismissed the exceptions to the adjudication, in an opinion by Gummey, J. William Dunlop Disston appealed.
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Appeal, No. 84, Jan. T., 1917, by William Dunlop Disston, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., April T:, 1916, No. 369, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of William Disston, Deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Dallett, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The lower court dismissed the exceptions to the adjudication, in an opinion by Gummey, J. William Dunlop Disston appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were in dismissing the exceptions to the adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The question in this ease is whether or not a certain interest in remainder has been accelerated by the election of a widow to take against her husband’s will. The court below held in the negative, and William Dunlop Disston, the remainderman in question, has appealed.
The testator, William Disston, died April 5, 1915, leaving a will wherein he devised his residuary estate in trust to keep the principal invested, collect the income, and pay therefrom to Estelle M. Dunlop, a sister-in-law, $10,000 per annum, during the term of her natural life; the remaining…
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