Legal Opinion

Sorschek Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided November 5, 1965No. 1570PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Saylor, J.,

Paula Roseling, a legatee-executrix, has filed exceptions to an adjudication wherein the judge auditing her account determined that two bequests to her were of a residuary nature and not specific bequests as she had contended. The result is that she will receive nothing other than commissions as executrix, because the net estate is insufficient to pay the specific legacies.

Decedent in her holographic will of August 27, 1953, said “I. . . do hereby leave all of my estate, real, personal & mixed as follows . . She then made to relatives and friends these gifts: To two sisters, three…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Lewis EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  2. Ingham's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  3. Bricker's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Fuller's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  5. Carson's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re: Thomas G. Goodwin, Appeal of: Goodwin, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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