Legal Opinion

Kennedy's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided January 22, 1926No. 448Published

1Opinion of the Court

Gest, J.,

Our careful study of this will leads us to the conclusions expressed by the Auditing Judge in his adjudication. There can be no reasonable doubt that the income of one equal fifth part of the estate directed to be paid to Anna, Vida and Helen, jointly, or the survivor or survivors of them, is given to them as joint tenants with the right of survivor-ship, Arnold v. Jack, 24 Pa. 57, and on Vida’s death, Anna and Helen, who survived her, are entitled to this income. In McVey v. Latta, 4 W. N. C. 524, which is thought to be inconsistent with Arnold v. Jack, the authority of that case is…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mickley's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
  2. Worst v. DeHavenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  3. Arnold v. Jack's ExecutorsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
  4. Dutilh's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1922

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