Legal Opinion

Scholler Trust

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 23, 1961No. Appeals, Nos. 272, 274, 275, 276, 277 and 278PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

'These are appeals from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County dismissing exceptions to an adjudication sustaining the charitable nature of a trust.

The Scholler Foundation was created by the inter vivos deed of trust dated June 22, 1939 of Frederick C. Scholler, who was unmarried and without issue. His five brothers had died without issue prior to 1939 and his only close relative, a maiden sister, died a year later. When the trust was created the settlor was, for all practicable purposes, the only shareholder of Scholler Brothers, Inc. which in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Estate of Spiegel v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Wolters EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. Irish v. IrishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. Scott's TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  5. Manners v. Philadelphia Library Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880

3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Pew TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. La Rocca TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  3. Mather EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. BrownDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
  5. BORDEN v. BALDWINSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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