Legal Opinion
McFerren Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 13, 1950No. Appeals, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 188, 189 and 190PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,
Eight appeals have been taken from a definitive decree of distribution of a decedent’s estate by the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny County. All relate to ademption and lapse of legacies.
Before considering the various appeals the general principles of law relating to this subject matter must be examined. An ademption occurs where a legacy is specific and the thing bequeathed is disposed of by testator in his lifetime. There is no ademption, however, where the legacy is general. A legacy lapses because of the death of the legatee in the lifetime of testator,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Kiebler v. McCutcheonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Jackson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Rosengarten EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Clark EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Snyder's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Woodward EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- In Re Parker's EstateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
- In Re Estate of FoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Cuppett v. NeillyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1958
- Soles EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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