Hildebrant v. Hildebrant
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 5, Oct. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., April T., 1903, No. 87, to pay over money in case of Amanda Hildebrant v. Mary M. Hildebrant. Petition to pay over money. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 5, Oct. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., April T., 1903, No. 87, to pay over money in case of Amanda Hildebrant v. Mary M. Hildebrant. Petition to pay over money. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the following decree: It is now ordered that Barr Spangler and William H. Hildebrant, executors of the will of Martin Hildebrant, deceased, pay to Mary M. Hildebrant, administratrix of the estate of Harry K. Hildebrant, deceased, $30.00 quarterly from April 1, 1908, and continue so to pay as long as Amanda Hildebrant,…
1Opinion of the Court
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Head, J.,
An examination of the will we are required to construe *192clearly enough discloses that the testator intended to make a testamentary disposition of his entire estate. It is true that upon the happening of the contingency, apparently most remote in his view, his property was “to be divided among my [his] relatives under the intestate laws of Pennsylvania;” but this was none the less a testamentary disposition of his property, and in nowise weakens the conclusion always favored by the law that a will should be construed as if the intention of the testator were to dispose of his…
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