Jefferson County Orphans' Court, 1892

Estate of Kurtz

Estate of Kurtz
Jefferson County Orphans' Court · Decided January 4, 1892 · Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Paxson, Sterrett, Williams
145 Pa. 637; 23 A. 322; 1892 Pa. LEXIS 772

Counsel

Mr. J. E. Qalderwood (with him Mr. R. C. Winslow and Mr. Charles Corbet), for the appellants., Mr. A. J. Truitt and Messrs. Isaac C. $ C. Z. Cordon, for the appellees, were not heard.

Estate of Kurtz

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

The single question here is whether the appellants, who are step-children of George M. Kurtz, deceased, are entitled to share in the distribution of the residuary portion of his estate. Both the appellants are given legacies by the will, and are designated as children “ which came to me by marriage with my wife; ” the “ second division,” as testator calls it, is to go to his wife and children. He left children of his o wn which answer this description, and we think the learned auditor was right in excluding the step-children from participation in the fund.

The decree is affirmed, and the appeal dismissed at the costs of the appellants.

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