Leisenring's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 53, Jan. T., 1912, by Truman M. Dodson, 2d, Father and next Friend- of Charles M. Dodson, Jr., a minor, from decree of O. C. Luzerne Co., No. 519, of 1904, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Mary S. Leisenring, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeal, No. 53, Jan. T., 1912, by Truman M. Dodson, 2d, Father and next Friend- of Charles M. Dodson, Jr., a minor, from decree of O. C. Luzerne Co., No. 519, of 1904, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Mary S. Leisenring, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Opinion of the Supreme Court states the case: Error assigned, among others, was the decree of court awarding distribution. — The provisions of the will do not violate any rule of law: Yard’s Appeal, 64 Pa. 95; Denlinger’s Est., 170 Pa. 104; Lawrence’s Estate, 136 Pa. 354; Heisse v. Markland, 2 Rawle 274; Schuldt’s Est.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The testatrix, a widow, died 25th September, 1904, childless. Her last will was executed 9th December, 1903. By this will she placed the larger part of her estate in trust, and provided for certain annuities for life out of the income therefrom. To her mother, Mrs. Matilda Shippen, she gave an annuity of $1,500, in quarterly payments; to her sister, Mrs. Isabel Esser, an annuity of $1,200, in quarterly payments; to her niece, Mary S. Esser, an annuity of $2,500, in quarterly payments, to be increased to the sum of $10,000 in case she should marry. This further…
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- Hillyard v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1849
- Brown v. Williamson's ExecutorsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
- Conrow's Appeal, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1883
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