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· 5/7/1894

Thomman's Estate

Citations

  • 161 Pa. 444
  • 29 A. 84
  • 1894 Pa. LEXIS 713

Syllabus

<p>Will — Vested and contingent interests.</p> <p>Testator directed as follows: “ I direct that the farm which I now own and occupy, shall not be sold during the life of my beloved wife, if she shall survive me, but after her death it shall be sold at public sale, and the proceeds thereof shall be equally divided between my children share and share alike.” Held, (1) that there was a conversion at testator’s death; and (2) that the children took a vested interest at testator’s death.</p>

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • reversing denial of appeal of suspension where hearing of appeal was continued by agreement of parties at PennDOT’s counsel’s request and not relisted for six years
  • attributing delay to PennDOT and reversing denial of appeal of suspension where hearing of appeal was continued by agreement of parties at PennDOT’s counsel’s request and not relisted for six years
  • court concluded that unreasonable delay was attributable to DOT, which requested a continuance of a hearing and then allowed the case to lie dormant for six years

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Judges: Dean, Fell, Green, Mitchell, Sterrett

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