Newlin's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 100, Jan. T., 1904, by Morris Wolf, guardian of Grace DeLancey Newlin, from decree of O. C. Delaware Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in estate of DeLancey Y. Newlin, deceased. Exceptions to report of Isaac E. Johnson, Esq., auditor.
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Appeal, No. 100, Jan. T., 1904, by Morris Wolf, guardian of Grace DeLancey Newlin, from decree of O. C. Delaware Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in estate of DeLancey Y. Newlin, deceased. Exceptions to report of Isaac E. Johnson, Esq., auditor. The auditor stated the facts to be as follows: DeLancey V. Newlin, the testator, died on April 28,1900, less than one month after the execution of his will and on May 31,1900, a posthumous child, Grace DeLancey Newlin, was born. At the time of the execution of this will, DeLancey V. Newlin had no children, although he was expecting the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Chief Justice Mitchell,
A portion of the Earned auditor’s report, and the burden of the appellant’s argument here are devoted to the question whether the will of decedent made an adequate or sufficient provision for his unborn child, and incidentally, to the discussion of vested and contingent gifts, present or future possession or enjoyment, etc., as bearing on the question of adequacy. All such discussion was outside of the case. The statute makes no requirement of adequacy, and gives courts no authority over that subject. What it does require is that the testator shall make a…
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