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· 3/6/1889

Hoch's Appeal

Citations

  • 1 Monag. 631
  • 1889 Pa. LEXIS 1250

Syllabus

<p>A testator, by his will, gave a farm to a devisee, placing a valuation upon it of $6000. He also bequeathed to the devisee of the farm the sum of $3000. He directed the distribution of his residuary estate to the parties named in his will, in pro rata shares, that is to say, in proportion- to the amounts they had already been “ bequeathed ” under the will. jffeld that the devisee of the farm was entitled to a distributive share of the residue based upon the aggregate of the devise and bequest.</p>

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