Appeal of Wilen
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county : Of July Term 1888, No. 100. This was an appeal by William B. Wilen, John Wilen, Mary Ann Gifford and Robert O. Brodie, Jr., administrator of Susanna Banes, deceased, from a decree of the said court sustaining the exceptions of Mrs. Emily S. Hales to the adjudication upon the second account of Thomas Banes, executor of George S. Wilen, deceased.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county : Of July Term 1888, No. 100. This was an appeal by William B. Wilen, John Wilen, Mary Ann Gifford and Robert O. Brodie, Jr., administrator of Susanna Banes, deceased, from a decree of the said court sustaining the exceptions of Mrs. Emily S. Hales to the adjudication upon the second account of Thomas Banes, executor of George S. Wilen, deceased. The facts were as follows: George S. Wilen, by his last will, gave to his widow, Emily S. Wilen, the income of his entire residuary estate so long as she remained liis widow. In the event of her…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxsox
It is quite possible that but for the agreement of June 29, 1872, the appellants would now be entitled to the distribution of one half of the corpus of the estate of George S. Wilen. But upon that day the legatees and the widow, being the only parties in interest, entered into an agreement under seal which provides, inter alia, that “ to avoid the expense of litigation incident to the determination of the rights of the parties under said will, it is mutually agreed that the moiety of said income, now due and unpaid, shall be paid to the said brothers and sisters, namely: William Wilen, John…
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