Mullen's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 360, Jan. T., 1921, by Josephine A. Stanton, legatee, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. T., 1900, No. 616, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of John A. Mullen, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication of G-ummey, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. - The court, in an opinion by Lamorelle, P. J., dismissed the exceptions to the adjudication. See 29 Pa. Dist. It. 755. Josephine A. Stanton, a legatee, appealed.
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Appeal, No. 360, Jan. T., 1921, by Josephine A. Stanton, legatee, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. T., 1900, No. 616, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of John A. Mullen, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication of G-ummey, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. - The court, in an opinion by Lamorelle, P. J., dismissed the exceptions to the adjudication. See 29 Pa. Dist. It. 755. Josephine A. Stanton, a legatee, appealed. Error assigned was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Testator devised his residuary estate in trust to pay one-half the net income to his sister Mary T. Caraher, one-fourth to his sister Josephine A. Stanton and the remaining one-fourth to his sister Emma V. McLoughlin, each for the term of their natural lives, and directed that, after the death of each of them, their respective shares of the income should be paid to their children then living, until the youngest reached the age of twenty-one years, at which time the corpus should be divided equally among such children. The will further provided that if either Mary…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Masden's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
- Livezey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Appeal of the Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives & Granting AnnuitiesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
- Theological Seminary v. WallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
3Cited by1 opinion
- Roberts's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1922