Striewig's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Striewig's Estate, 169 Pa. 61 (Pa. 1895)
32 A. 83; 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1069
Ctjeiam, Dean, Fell, Mitchell, Sterrett, Williams
Striewig's Estate
Opinion of the Court
The learned court was clearly right in construing the will in question and holding, among other things, that, instead of dying intestate as to the greater part of her estate, the testatrix, in and by the fourth clause of her will, disposed of all that remained after paying expenses, etc., and the three legacies given by her in the preceding clauses. The questions involved in the specifications of error, so far as they are material, have been sufficiently considered and satisfactorily disposed of in the opinion sent up with the record. On that we affirm the decree and dismiss the appeal, with costs to be paid by the appellants.
Reference
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- Barbara Striewig's Estate. Appeal of John T. Wambaugh
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- Syllabus
- [ Will — Residuary clause — Intestacy. Testatrix after making three small pecuniary bequests concluded her will as follows: “ It is my will that July Bixler my step sister shall have a full share of my estate share and share alike with my Brothers and sisters.”' Julia (July) Bixler was the half sister of testatrix. Meld, that there was no intestacy under the will, but that the clause containing the bequest to Julia operated as a residuary clause even without the words; “rest, residue,” etc.