Maxwell's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 281, Oct. T., 1916, by Charles T. Maxwell, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., July T., 1908, No. 368, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Elizabeth Maxwell, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. From the record it appeared that testatrix died July 8, 1908, leaving a will, duly probated, the second clause of which is quoted in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 281, Oct. T., 1916, by Charles T. Maxwell, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., July T., 1908, No. 368, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Elizabeth Maxwell, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. From the record it appeared that testatrix died July 8, 1908, leaving a will, duly probated, the second clause of which is quoted in the opinion of the Superior Court. The testatrix left surviving her eight children; Charles T. Maxwell, John S. Maxwell, Helen M. Browne, Jennie H. Fink, W. G. Maxwell, Stuart Maxwell, E. J. Maxwell, Jessie May Bowman; and one grandchild,…
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Head, J.,
The testatrix died July 8, 1908. She left to survive her eight children, among them William G. Maxwell who died May 15, 1915, intestate, unmarried and without issue. The single question raised by this appeal Is the disposition after his death of the income bequeathed to him by the will of the testatrix in the second clause which we now quote. “I give and bequeath all the stock that I own in the Wilton Knitting Company to my executors hereinafter named, to keep and to hold for and during thé lifetime of my children and the survivor of them and to divide equally among my…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Estate of RowlandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Little's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
- Hildebrant v. HildebrantSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Huddy's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Spang's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
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- Kemble's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1923