Legal Opinion

Troxell's Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 9, 1926No. Appeal 157PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

The question is whom did testatrix intend to designate by the words “such deceased one’s heirs and legal representatives.” She died in 1899. By her will, made and proved that year, she devised all her real estate in trust for the lives of her son Norman and her granddaughter Ursula, and the life of the survivor, the income to be paid to them in equal shares “and upon the decease of either my said son or my granddaughter, then such deceased one’s share of the said rents and income shall be devoted and applied to such deceased one’s heirs and legal representatives…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Doolittle v. McConnellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1924
  2. Appeal of DodgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
  3. Lesieur's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
  4. Heath's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Woods' AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1852

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Farmers Trust Co., Excr. v. Wilson Et Ux.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  2. Barnard EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  3. Arnold's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1935
  4. Baumann v. Baumann, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Wayne County1948
  5. Cope EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Montgomery County · 1959

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