Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1865

Fetrow's v. Fetrow

Fetrow's v. Fetrow
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided May 24, 1865 · Strong
50 Pa. 253; 1865 Pa. LEXIS 159

Fetrow's v. Fetrow

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered, by

Strong, J.

We concur with the court below in the construction given to the will of the testator. There is nothing in the will that postpones Michael Eetrow’s enjoyment of the profits of the land devised to him, after the crop in the ground, at the time .of the testator’s death, was gathered. If it was the intention of the devisor to reserve for his estate the first crop (which appears to be conceded), we have an explanation of the direction that Michael should receive wages until the first harvest. The most that can be claimed by the executor is, that the hay and grain in the ground when the testator died, belong to him as against the devisee of the land.

Judgment affirmed.

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