Gross v. Strominger
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 232, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. York Co., Aug. T., 1895, No. 60, for plaintiff on case stated. Case stated'to determine title to personal property.
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Appeal, No. 232, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. York Co., Aug. T., 1895, No. 60, for plaintiff on case stated. Case stated'to determine title to personal property. The case stated was as follows: It is hereby agreed by and between the parties to the above suit, that the following case be stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of a special verdict, to wit: That Henry Strominger, of Newberry township, in said county, the father of the plaintiff and defendant in this case, died March 17, 1881, testate, seized and possessed of real and personal estate in said…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The fund in dispute is identified by the case stated as proceeds of the sale by the executrix of the real estate of the testator. It is what remains of his estate after deducting therefrom the cost of the comfortable maintenance he intended his widow and executrix should have from it. The sale was made by her *70under the power with which she was clothed by his will. He obviously intrusted her with the management of the estate for the accomplishment of his declared purposes, and these were that she should have her support from it and preserve the remainder for…
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