Legal Opinion

Lagges Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 3, 1949No. Appeal, 3PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

The question presented is whether appellee holds title to real estate individually or as trustee.

Savior Lagges, the testator, died September 20, 1941. By his will he directed his executors to pay all his debts and funeral expenses, made a number of pecuniary bequests and a specific one. By the fourteenth item of the will he disposed of his residuary estate as follows: “All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed of whatsoever nature and kind and wheresoever situate I give, devise and bequeath . . . [65% in equal shares to a…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Board of Directors of City TrustsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Dundas's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
  3. Chesnut v. ChesnutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  4. Hunt's AppealsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
  5. Raker v. G. C. Murphy Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Collins v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  2. Hunt Et Vir. v. MestrezatSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  3. Bedillion v. WA Wilson Stave Co., Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. PendletonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. HC Schmieding Produce Co., Inc. v. Alfa Quality Produce, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2009

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