Hassanclever v. Tucker

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Date filed: 1803-01-10
Citations: 2 Binn. 525, 1803 Pa. LEXIS 25
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Lead Opinion
Chew, President of the High Court.

The court are unanimously of opinion with the defendant in error on both points; first, that the lands having been blended by the testator with

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his personal estate, are charged with the legacies, “ rest and residue” meaning what was left after the payment of debts , , . ° „ . and legacies; and secondly, that the legacy m this case was not intended to wait for tlje expiration of a life estate, but was payable at the end of one year after the testator’s decease.

Judgment affirmed.