Keffalas Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice O’Brien,
The instant appeal is from the final decree of the Orphans’ Court of Butler County. The portions of the decree appealed from are those which: (1) Invalidate as against public policy conditions on gifts to the testator’s children contingent on their marrying spouses of “true Greek blood and descent and of Orthodox religion”. (2) Deny a $12,500 credit taken by the executors for bonuses they were allegedly entitled to as employees of the testator’s businesses in 1955. (3) Refuse to find created a special power of appointment in the executors by the provision that…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Vandergrift EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Carmany EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Rouse EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Drace v. KlinedinstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- Sinnamon v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Helfrich v. MongelliCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1968
- In Re Estate of HainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Estate of StewartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- In Re Estate of HillegassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- In Re Estate of KohlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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