Legal Opinion

Stopp's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 13, 1938No. Appeal, 111PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

Samuel Augustus Bridges Stopp died on June 13, 1917. By his will dated March 27, 1917, he bequeathed to his niece, Evelyn Dech Stopp (now Reynolds), the present appellant, the sum of $1,000, to be held in trust by Allentown Trust Company and to be páid to her when she attained the age of thirty years. He also gave one-third of his residuary estate to five nephews and nieces, among them appellant, to be held in trust by Allentown Trust Company until they each reached the age of forty years. Appellant attained her majority on August 6, 1928, and on August 23 of that…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United Security Trust Company CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Stopp's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Unicure, Inc. v. ThurmanColorado Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Old Penn Tavern, Inc. v. KUBIAKSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  3. Fenelli's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Butler v. Commonwealth Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  5. Kerr's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1941

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