Harkness's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
When testator died, he was a resident of Pennsylvania, and the owner of certain shares of corporate stock, which, for purposes of distribution, were also located there: mobilia sequuntur personam. By his will, probated in the same Commonwealth, he gave his residuary estate, of which these stocks formed a part, in trust for his wife for life, with remainder to his children, appellees here, for life, and with an absolute estate in final remainder to his grandchildren, the guardian of one of whom is appellant. Testator’s wife predeceased him.
After his death, certain…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Eisner v. MacOmberSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Towne v. EisnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Magoun v. Illinois Trust & Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Gibbons v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Plummer v. ColerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Nirdlinger's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Crawford EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Dickinson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Mallory's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Maris's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
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