Warrington v. Brooklyn Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 340, Jan. T., 1922, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1920, No. 5688, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Mary T. Warrington v. Brooklyn Trust Co., Trustee for Mary E. Young et al., under will of Mary E. Brown, deceased. Bill in equity to quiet title. Before Patterson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Bill dismissed. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
By the will of Mary E. Brown, who died September 14,1919, she devised the properties 1208, 1210 and 1212 South Carlisle Street in the City of Philadelphia to plaintiff, and gave the residue of her estate to the Brooklyn Trust Company, one of the defendants, in trust for the other defendants for life, with remainders over, not necessary to be here considered. Testatrix was not then and never had been owner of the property 1208 South Carlisle Street, but she did own 1204, 1210 and 1212 South Carlisle Street. Evidently under the impression that the devise to her was…
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