Doverspike's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Doverspike's Estate, 61 Pa. Super. 318 (1915)
1915 Pa. Super. LEXIS 326
Head, Henderson, Iart, Kepi, Orlady, Porter, Rice, Trexler
Doverspike's Estate
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
A careful examination of this record convinces us that the construction placed by the Orphans’ Court, on the fourth clause of the will of the decedent is correct, and that the method of distribution it adopted is the proper one under the authority of McConomy’s Est., 170 Pa. 140; Engle’s Est., 180 Pa. 215.
The decree is affirmed.
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- Will — Distribution—Reduction of legacy — Gift to children. Where a testator gives the whole residue of his estate to his six children naming them, share and share alike, “excepting a reduction of five hundred dollars of each” naming four of the children, “equal in all to two thousand dollars,” distribution is to be made by adding two thousand dollars to the entire amount for distribution, and after this entire amount is divided into six equal parts by deducting five hundred dollars from the shares of each of the four children whose shares are subject to reduction.