Blodgett's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Blodgett's Estate, 254 Pa. 210 (Pa. 1916)
98 A. 876; 1916 Pa. LEXIS 708
Frazer, Moschzisker, Potter, Stewart, Walling

Blodgett's Estate

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

We agree with the conclusion of the court below, that the coal royalties in question belonged to the widow, as life-tenant of the estate of her former husband, and as such they passed directly to her. As there were no debts of the husband, the intervention of the executor was un*215necessary. See Duffy’s Est., 209 Pa. 390. The order of the court below, refusing petition to compel the executrix to account, is affirmed.

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Syllabus
1. Where testator owned royalties accruing under a coal lease, and hy will gave all his estate to his wife for life with remainder to his children, the widow during her lifetime was entitled to the entire royalties and not merely to the interest thereon. 2. In such case the royalties pass directly to the life tenant, there being no debts, and as no trust was created in the will, the intervention of a trustee or an executor is not required.