Scull's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 104, Oct. T., 1912, by The Philadelphia Home for Incurables, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1895, No. 388, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Hannah W. Scull, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeal, No. 104, Oct. T., 1912, by The Philadelphia Home for Incurables, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1895, No. 388, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Hannah W. Scull, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Lamorelle, J., filed the opinion of the court as follows: Having given to Mary Burns and Sarah Bowen each, if living with her at the time of her death, the sum of $100, for life, testatrix directed the executor of her will to invest “sufficient of the principal” of the estate to fully produce the annuities, and, upon the death of the annuitants, respectively,…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The question involved in this case is not free from difficulty, and we find after full consideration that the six judges who heard the appeal are equally divided in opinion. The respective views with regard to the question are well set forth in the opinions of the auditing judge, of the majority of the court on exceptions to his adjudication, and the dissenting opinion. The six judges who heard the appeal being equally divided in opinion, the decree is affirmed, costs to be paid by the appellant.
2Cited by2 opinions
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