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EDWARDS ESTATE

377 Pa. 606 (1954)

Edwards Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 4, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Head, with him H. McD. Ritchey, Graydon, Head & Ritchey, Harvey F. Sloan and Griggs, Moreland, Blair & Douglass, for appellants.

James A. Bell, with him Henry A. Morrow, Jr., Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Robert E. McCormick and Alexander & Green, for appellee.

George D. Lockhart, with him Kirkpatrick, Pomeroy, Lockhart & Johnson, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, June 4, 1954:

Mrs. Lela H. Edwards, domiciled in Pittsburgh, died testate leaving to survive her three married daughters, Martha E. Lazear, Lela E. Cook and Katherine E. Nichols, and the widow and children of her deceased son, Harkness. By her will, she bequeathed her residuary estate to her four children in equal shares. However, in order to produce equality among her four children, she directed that, in distribution of the residue,...

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