83 Pa. 206 | Pa. | 1877
delivered the opinion of the'court, January 2d 1877.
The learned judge of the Common Pleas believing that there was no trustee of the fund in question was of opinion that the legacy of Abner Leonard for the support of the poor of North Beaver township was too vague to be sustained, and therefore that it failed. But he overlooked the effect of the will, which substantially gave the fupd to the county of Lawrence, and made it the trustee of the interest. The language is this: “ Whatever money may remain after the.legatees are paid, and the claims of the Commonwealth,
Decree reversed, and the plaintiffs’ bill dismissed with costs to be paid by them.