Bair's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 20, October Term, 1915, by D. Scott Bair, from decree of O. O. Allegheny County, June T., 1914, No. 306, dismissing petition to set apart to surviving husband l’eal estate from wife’s property in Estate of Charlotte Bair, deceased.
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Appeal, No. 20, October Term, 1915, by D. Scott Bair, from decree of O. O. Allegheny County, June T., 1914, No. 306, dismissing petition to set apart to surviving husband l’eal estate from wife’s property in Estate of Charlotte Bair, deceased. Petition under Act of April 1, 1909, P. L. 87, by husband of decedent for the appointment of ^appraisers to set apart to the petitioner out of wife’s property, real estate to the value of $5,000, less a sum received by petitioner from her personal estate. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The lower court dismissed the petition.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is the petition of a surviving husband to have real estate set apart to him under the Act of April 1, 1909, P. L. 87, and involves the question as to whether a certain legacy is vested or contingent.
*172In 1880 Michael Kircher died testate and the portion of his will here material is:
“As to any estate that I may die possessed of, I do give and bequeath the same whatsoever it may be, real, personal or mixed, to my beloved wife, Elizabeth, for her to have, hold and enjoy the same for and during her natural life if she should so long remain my widow. But if my said…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Carstensen's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Tatham's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- McClure's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
- Manderson v. LukensSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
- Bache's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
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- Wallace's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Jennings's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- Walker's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Bumm's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Freeman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
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