Whitehead's Estate

Citations

• 268 Pa. 407
• 112 A. 16
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 707

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Legacy—Dividends on stock — Gift of personal property —Widow—Agreement as to distribution.</p> <p>1. Where a testator gives all of his personal property to his •widow after payment of debts and funeral expenses, dividends which have accrued after the death of testator on stock included in his personal estate, are the property of the widow, and pass under her will.</p> <p>2. If all parties agree that the widow’s interest in the personal estate of her husband shall be distributed without the filing of an account of her estate, such dividends may be distributed to the legatees under her will.</p> <p>Executors and administrators — Commissions —• Evidence ■ — Review on appeal.</p> <p>3. The reduction of an executor’s commissions from the amount claimed, is a question to be determined by the orphans’ court on all the testimony submitted, and it will not be reversed by the appellate court, if the sum allowed appears, from all the circumstances, to be an ample (Compensation.</p>