Mifflin's Estate
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County
1Opinion of the Court
Gummey, J.,
The question raised by the exceptions arises over the share of Danforth Phipps Wight, who was a brother of Edward P. Wight and George Richards Wight, the remaining beneficiary, Barrington Wight, being a cousin; and the clause of the will which gives rise to the discussion is as follows: “Sixteenth. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, whether real or personal, I give, devise and bequeath to such of my four nephews, Danforth Phipps Wight, Edward P. Wight, George Richards Wight and Barrington Wight, as may be living at the time of my death, and the descendants then…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Martha May's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
- Fahnestock's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892