Biddle's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Blair county: Of May Term 1871, No. 84. In the estate of John Biddle, deceased. The decedent died in 1847, having made a will dated June 14th of that year, and proved February 24th 1848, and owning both real and personal estate.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Blair county: Of May Term 1871, No. 84. In the estate of John Biddle, deceased. The decedent died in 1847, having made a will dated June 14th of that year, and proved February 24th 1848, and owning both real and personal estate. After giving $500 to a granddaughter, and directing the payment of $150 to his daughter Christiana as compensation for labor for him, he gave, “unto my five sons and four daughters all the residue of my real estate in equal portions, as follows : To my son John I give, &c., the mansion tract I now live on, &c.; I further give,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 25th 1871, by
Agnew, J.
The testator John'Biddle willed, and devised to his daughter Christiana the one-eighth part of all his real and personal estate; and directed his legacy to her to remain in the hands of his executors so long as she remained single, the interest being payable to her yearly, and in the event of her marriage the legacy to be paid to herself if she- desired it. After her marriage the executors paid to her at her request two-thirds or more of the legacy, the remainder being suffered by her to remain in their hands. It is very clear…
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