Robinson's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 28, Oct. T., 1907, by Alexander Holland, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1905, No. 400, awarding distribution of a fund in estate of J. G. Robinson, deceased. Petition for decree to pay over money. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 28, Oct. T., 1907, by Alexander Holland, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1905, No. 400, awarding distribution of a fund in estate of J. G. Robinson, deceased. Petition for decree to pay over money. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court in an opinion by Lamorelle, J., entered the following decree: And now, January 12, 1907, the above cause having been heard on petition and answer, it is, on motion of Peirce Me- -' cutchen, attorney for petitioner, ordered and decreed that the prayer of the petition of the Pennsylvania company for insurance on lives…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlad y, J.,
The testator bequeathed to the appellee the sum of $10,000 upon the following conditions: “In trust, to invest the same and keep the same invested in good dividend paying securities, and to pay the net income thereof quarterly to Edith Robinson, daughter of C. H. Robinson, deceased, of the city of Philadelphia, during her minority, or until she shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years, at which time she is to receive the said principal sum of ten thousand dollars and any accumulations of income thereof.”
The controversy is between Edith Robinson, who (acting through…
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