Estate of Eichelberger
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 7, March T., 1898, by The President and Fellows of Yale University, from decree of O. C. York Co., in the matter of the distribution of the administrators, c. t. a. of the estate of Martin S. Eichelberger,-deceased. Exception to auditor’s report.
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Appeal No. 7, March T., 1898, by The President and Fellows of Yale University, from decree of O. C. York Co., in the matter of the distribution of the administrators, c. t. a. of the estate of Martin S. Eichelberger,-deceased. Exception to auditor’s report. Before Bittestger, P. J. It appears from the adjudication that decedent who died July 10, 1893, bequeathed $10,000 to the city of York, “the principal to be invested under the direction and approval of the orphans’ court of York county, and the annual income thereof, to be distributed among the deserving poor of York City, under the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Reeder, J.,
This is a controversy arising from the distribution of money in the hands of the administrator cum testamento annexo of Martin S. Eichelberger. Tins balance is claimed by the special legatee as interest upon the legacy bequeathed to it, upon the theory that the legacy which was one of $10,000 carried interest from the time of the testator’s death, and is contested by the appellant as residuary legatee. The money was awarded to the special legatee by the court below as interest upon the legacy from the day of the death of the testator. Prior to the filing of this last…
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- Eichelberger's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Koon's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
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