Sloan's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 118, Jan. T., 1895, by Rebecca H. Sloan, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. T., 1887, No. 202, on exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. From the record it appeared that testator, James Watt, died on April 28, 1886. His will is dated Jan. 8, 1885 ; his codicil is dated April 12, 1886. He left no issue or wife to survive him.
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Appeal No. 118, Jan. T., 1895, by Rebecca H. Sloan, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. T., 1887, No. 202, on exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. From the record it appeared that testator, James Watt, died on April 28, 1886. His will is dated Jan. 8, 1885 ; his codicil is dated April 12, 1886. He left no issue or wife to survive him. Testator by his will gave legacies to the amount of about $100,000. His personal estate amounted to about $65,000. His real estate, not specificalty devised, was estimated to be worth about $75,000. The material portions of the will were as…
1Opinion of the Court
SLOAN’S APPEAL.
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The appellant is one of three residuary legatees under the will of James Watt. The testator made two specific gifts of real estate and several pecuniary legacies amounting in the aggregate to about one hundred thousand dollars. He then gave all the “ rest, residue and remainder ” of his estate, real and personal, to his three sisters, share and share alike. The personal estate is not sufficient to pay the legacies, and the first question raised by this appeal is over the liability of the real' estate for the deficiency. The court below rightly…
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