Legal Opinion

Estate of Brown

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 27, 1899No. Appeal, No. 69PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal, No. 69, Jan. Term, 1899, by Benjamin Avery Brown, from decree of O. C. Lackawanna County, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor’s report.

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Appeal, No. 69, Jan. Term, 1899, by Benjamin Avery Brown, from decree of O. C. Lackawanna County, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor’s report. From the report of W. M. Curry, Esq., auditor, it appeared that testator died on February 12,1890, leaving a will by which he directed, inter alia, as follows ; “ And when the whole of my residuary estate shall be converted into money as aforesaid, then I will and direct that the same shall be divided into six equal parts or shares and disposed of as follows, to wit: One full equal sixth part or share thereof I give,…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

W e are not convinced that there is any error in this record that requires either reversal or modification of the decree. On the contrary, we are satisfied that the questions necessarily involved were correctly decided.

The decree is affirmed on the opinion of the learned president of the court below, and the appeal is dismissed at appellant’s costs.

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Will of LeitschWisconsin Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Bruner v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1944
  3. Todd's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  4. Estate of William Band, Jr.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  5. Frantz v. A. Levitan Furniture Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1922

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