Legal Opinion

Kidd's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 14, 1928No. Appeal, 63PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

This is a proceeding under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act of June 18, 1923, P. L. 840,.wherein the executor of the will of Andrew Kidd, as also executor of Isabella, his wife, seeks to have determined what interests, if any, their two surviving daughters took in the real estate of which the former died seized. The petitioner claims that, as executor of Mrs. Kidd, he may convey the property in question, as the testatrix acquired a fee simple estate under the terms of the husband’s will, and that, under the powers conferred by her last testament, he is…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Pattin v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  2. Long's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  3. Brown's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  4. Cross v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  5. Redding v. RiceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Byrne's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  2. Cryan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  3. Johnson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  4. Billmyer v. BillmyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  5. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Childs' EstateCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945

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