Grebill's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county: Of May Term 1878, No. 27. Appeal of John B. Grebill, legatee under the will of John Grebill, Sr., deceased, from the decree of the court directing the payment of a certain sum named in the will of decedent.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county: Of May Term 1878, No. 27. Appeal of John B. Grebill, legatee under the will of John Grebill, Sr., deceased, from the decree of the court directing the payment of a certain sum named in the will of decedent. John Grebill, Sr., by his will proven the 19th of September 1840, among other things, directed as follows :— “4. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Susanna, the interest of a principal sum of $2000, which interest money at such rate as can be obtained by my executors, shall be paid to my said beloved wife annually, on the first day…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
No copy of John Grebill’s will has been printed in either of the paper-books, and no statement of its general scope and tenor has *107been presented. In the absence of evidence and suggestion, it may be assumed that the testator provided for the distribution of his entire estate. If he did so, and if the property he possessed has been divided among his beneficiaries, it would seem certain that there is no fund in the hands. of the surviving executor for the payment of the sum of $647.20 claimed by the appellant, if that sum belonged in fact at the time of the testator’s death to his widow.
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