Estate of Snyder
Estate of Snyder
Opinion of the Court
This appeal is from tbe decree distributing balance in hands of Charles J. Snyder, surviving executor of Anthony F. Snyder, deceased. The controlling question was whether Leon Snyder had a vested interest in the fourth of testator’s residuary estate held in trust for his father, Edmund Snyder, for life, etc. The learned court was clearly right in holding that he had, and in distributing the fund accordingly.
It is unnecessary to. consider the specifications of error at length. The questions involved are so fully and satisfactorily discussed in the clear and convincing opinion of the court, sustaining exceptions to the adjudication of the auditing judge, that we are quite content to affirm the decree on that opinion.
Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed at appellants’ costs.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Estate of Anthony F. Snyder, Appeal of Charles J. Snyder, Catharine F. Feil, wife of William Feil, and Elizabeth R. Miller
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- 3 cases
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- Syllabus
- Will — Intestacy—Vested and contingent interests. Testator gave the residue of his estate to his executors in trust, at the death of his wife, to pay the income to his four children, Edmund, Charles, Catharine and Elizabeth, in equal shares for their lives, respectively, providing as to the principal as follows, “ and upon the death of my above-named children and as the samé shall occur then in trust to pay over, grant and convey unto the respective children of my above-named sons and daughters the -principal or share of my estate, the income of which is devised for the benefit of their respective parents for life, in such manner as if such deceased sons and daughters had died seized thereof intestate.” After the death of testator’s widow, the only child of Edmund, who was living at the death of the testator, died in his minority, unmarried and without issue, in the lifetime of his father and mother. Edmund subsequently died without leaving any child to survive him, and by his will giving his whole estate to his wife. Held, (1) that the interest of Edmund’s child was vested, and passed at the child’s death under the intestate laws to his father and mother; (2) that Edmund’s widow was entitled to the share of the child passing to Edmund.