Rogers' Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 391, Jan. T.,1913, by Harriet M. Rogers, from decree of O. C. Montgomery Co:, Sept. T.,1913, No. 52, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Edward L. Rogers, Deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Solly, B..J. . The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the exceptions. Harriet M. Rogers appealed. Error assigned was in dismissing the exceptions.
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Appeal, No. 391, Jan. T.,1913, by Harriet M. Rogers, from decree of O. C. Montgomery Co:, Sept. T.,1913, No. 52, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Edward L. Rogers, Deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Solly, B..J. . The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the exceptions. Harriet M. Rogers appealed. Error assigned was in dismissing the exceptions. The decision of the court below can only be sustained on the hypothesis that a partial intestacy could not be avoided by any reasonable construction of testator’s will: Keene’s Est., 221 Pa.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Pottee,
This is an appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Montgomery County, dismissing exceptions to the adjudication in the estate of Edward L. Rogers, deceased. In his will the testator gave legacies of $10,000 to each of his three children and provided as follows: “And as to all the rest, residue and remainder of my Estate, real, personal or mixed, of whatever nature or kind, or wheresoever situate at the time of my decease, I do hereby give, devise and bequeath to my Beloved Wife, Harriet M. Rogers, for and during her natural life, with full power to sell or…
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