Estate of Flickwir

Citations

• 136 Pa. 374
• 20 A. 518
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 1036

Syllabus

<p>1. The rule that interest upon legacies does not commence to accrue until one year after the death of the testator, being one of administrative convenience only, gives way at all times to the testator’s intent, whether express, or whether implied from the general scheme of the will, from particular expressions, or from the situation of the legatee, especially with reference to the testator.</p> <p>2. There is no substantial difference, in legal aspect, between the gift of an annuity for life, and one of the interest or income of a fund for life; nor between the gift simply of interest, and that of interest payable annually: in all these cases, if no actual intent to the contrary appear, the annuity, interest, or income commences to accrue to the legatee at the death of the testator.</p>