Legal Opinion

Davis Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Montgomery County

Decided March 7, 1960No. 60,266Published

1Opinion of the Court

Taxis, P. J.,. . . Several matters have been presented requiring determination by the court.

The first relates to an award of personal property to Rita Miriam Purcell, now Miriam Clegg. In section fifth, IV, of his will, decedent bequeathed certain personal property to Rita Miriam Purcell, now Miriam Clegg, as follows:

“IV. I also give unto RITA MIRIAM PURCELL the right to use and enjoy, so long as she lives, all the tangible personal property apart from any cash or securities that may be in or about my home at 441 Sycamore Avenue, Merion and in or about my said farm at Birchrunville, with the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wusthoff v. DracourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834
  2. Baldwin v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  3. Baldesberger v. BaldesbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Callen v. HiltySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
  5. Shipley's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911

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