Legal Opinion

Bonsall's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 29, 1926No. Appeal, 229PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

We are here called upon to construe the will of Julia H. Bonsall and to determine the effect upon it of the Act of June 29, 1923, P. L. 914.

The testament provided for the creation of a trust of one-half of the residuary estate, the income from which was to be paid to a granddaughter, Florence Bonsall Judge, during life; upon her death the principal was to go to her child or children, but if she should die “without leaving child or children surviving or children of deceased child or children, then and in such case the principal monies of said Trust Fund shall go…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Greenleaf v. GoodrichSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Robinson v. Noble's AdministratorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
  3. State ex rel. Sigsbee v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
  4. McLean v. MoranMontana Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Frankel v. German Tyrolean Alps Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1906

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SimpsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. ShafferSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  3. Matter of Estate of BloughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Bangor Baptist Church v. Maine, Department of Educational & Cultural ServicesDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1982
  5. McLaughlin v. PoucherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941

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