Neel's Estate

Citations

• 259 Pa. 190
• 102 A. 503
• 1917 Pa. LEXIS 537

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Construction—Legacies—Charitable bequests — Identification of legatee.</p> <p>A testatrix made her will in 1909, whereby she bequeathed one-fourth of the residue of her estate to the “Allegheny County Children’s Aid Society, of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.” The testatrix died in March, 1915. At the time of the making of the will there was in Allegheny County an unincorporated body known as the Children’s Aid Society of Allegheny County. In May, 1913, the majority of the members of such society voted to incorporate the society, and in June, 1913, such society was incorporated by the Common Pleas Court. Thereafter certain persons who had been members of the unincorporated body, not approving of the incorporation, formed an organization known as the Children’s Aid Society of Western Pennsylvania, Allegheny County Auxiliary. Each of such organizations claimed the legacy. Held, the court properly awarded the legacy to the incorporated body.</p>