Mizener's Estate

Citations

• 72 Pa. Super. 400

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Construction — Legacy — Bonds — Bight of selection in legatee.</p> <p>Where a testator left to his daughter $30,000 par value of bonds, the guardian of such daughter is entitled to select from the assets of the estate, bonds of the par value of $30,000 and the executor cannot properly limit the guardian’s selection to bonds of the actual value of $30,000.</p> <p>Where a legatee was entitled to bonds of the par value of $30,000, to he selected by her guardian, she was also entitled to the interest thereon, from the date of the death of the testator, and the decree of the orphans’ court, allowing her interest for a less amount, should be modified to direct the executor to pay to the guardian the interest on the bonds selected.</p>