Legal Opinion

Knox's Estate (No. 2)

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 6, 1937No. 2; Appeals, 175 and 176PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

Philander C. Knox died in 1921 leaving a will made in 1920. After a number of legacies, he gave the residue to trustees “to hold the same for and during the lifetime of my wife, Lillie S. Knox and my children, and the lifetime of any grandchild or grandchildren who may be living at the time of my death, and for twenty-one years after the death of the longest surviving grandchild living at my decease, for the following uses and purposes”: to pay one-fifth of the net income (after certain annuities) to each of the following for life: his widow, his daughter Rebekah,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Grothe's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  2. Thompson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  3. Estate of DeSilverPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1891
  4. Schuldt v. Reading Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  5. Desh's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Rickenbach EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  2. Verner EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  3. Jacobs' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  4. Braun EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  5. Siple v. GreumelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947

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