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Scott's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 2, 1933No. Appeal, 155PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Schaffer,

We are called upon to construe the will o£ J. Kerr Scott. After directing the payment of his debts and funeral expenses, he provided: “I will and bequeath a certain lot of land and dwelling which we now live, to my wife her natural life she to pay tax and nesisay repair on said property her life time, also I will all household goods which I now own to my wife her natural life, I will the intrest on notes and money which I have in banl [bank] to my wife.”

The controversy is over the last sentence, “I will the interest on notes and money which I have in bank to my…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Chandler v. WoelpperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
  2. Hancock's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
  3. Brooklyn Trust Co. v. WarringtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  4. Garret v. RexSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1837
  5. McKinstry's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Brennan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Fahey EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. Tombs EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  4. Miller's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  5. Meetkirk's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1935

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