Channon's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 150, Jan. T., 1920, by Margaret K. Prichett, from decree of O. C. Pkila. Co., April T., 1909, No. 570, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of Joseph Channon, deceased.
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Appeal, No. 150, Jan. T., 1920, by Margaret K. Prichett, from decree of O. C. Pkila. Co., April T., 1909, No. 570, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of Joseph Channon, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication of Gummey, J. The account of the Fidelity Trust Company, trustee under the will of Joseph Channon, showed a balance of principal of $66,242.11 and accumulations amounting to $21,210.53. Margaret K. Prichett, next of kin and sole heir at law, claimed both funds. Her claim was disallowed, and exceptions filed by her to the adjudication were dismissed in an opinion by Gest, J., 28…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
Testator gave the residue of his estate in trust to pay two annuities, of $500 each, to his aunt, Amelia B. Wood, and his sister, Margaret K. Prichett, for life; upon the death of the survivor of these annuitants, he bequeathed the principal, together with all accumulations of income, to seventeen remaindermen, share and share alike.
*421At the audit of the executors’ account, in 1909, no question concerning the gifts in remainder being raised, the orphans’ court, after directing payment of the annuities, formally awarded the principal and income on hand to the…
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