Legal Opinion

Cadwalader Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided October 7, 1949No. 428 of 1946Published

1Opinion of the Court

Boland, J.,

This matter is before the court upon exceptions of the widow and children of John Cadwalader, Jr., who was one of the four children of John Cadwalader. The latter died March 11,1925, having first made his will dated January 22, 1920, and a codicil on January 27, 1920. The will created a residuary trust to pay the net income to his wife for life, and upon her death to divide the net income equally among his four children, Sophia Cadwalader, Mary Helen Cadwalader, John Cadwalader, Jr., and Thomas Francis Cadwalader, during their respective lives, with certain remainders.

The widow of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Willard's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
  2. Fox's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  3. Galli's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  4. Nass's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  5. Worst v. DeHavenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918

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