Bickley's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 50, Jan. T., 1921, by Arthur Wharton Bickley, cousin of decedent, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1918, No. 31, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in estate of Lawrence Wharton' Bickley. Exceptions to adjudication of Lamorelle, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states' the facts. The court in an opinion by Henderson, J., dismissed the exceptions. Arthur Wharton Bickley, cousin of deceased, appealed.
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Appeal, No. 50, Jan. T., 1921, by Arthur Wharton Bickley, cousin of decedent, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1918, No. 31, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in estate of Lawrence Wharton' Bickley. Exceptions to adjudication of Lamorelle, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states' the facts. The court in an opinion by Henderson, J., dismissed the exceptions. Arthur Wharton Bickley, cousin of deceased, appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Mr.
Justice Simpson,
Lawrence Wharton Bickley died May 18,1917, having, while seriously ill, made his last will and testament, dated April 25, 1917, wherein he specified that- the sum of $50,000 and his residuary estate, should be held by his executors in trust to invest the same and to pay the net income thereof to the Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the city of Philadelphia, for the purpose of founding certain scholarships therein, with a proviso that if the academy could not or would not accept the gifts, or thereafter was dissolved, the bequests should go to certain…
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