Estate of Elizabeth Beck

The testator Elizabeth Beck left her stepdaughter, also named Elizabeth Beck (defendant), a one-fourth interest in her estate on the express condition that the inheritance not be attached or seized by the stepdaughter's creditors. After the testator's death, a creditor of the stepdaughter attached her share anyway; the trial court held the attachment invalid given the will's express terms and ordered the executor to transfer the interest to Beck, and the creditor appealed.