George Johnston's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 50, Jan. T., 1898, by-Robert C. Johnston, trustee et al., from decree of C. P. Franklin Co., on bill in equity. Bill in equity for a decree declaring void a trust created by a will. John- Stewart, P. J., filed the following opinion: The case as presented raises no issue of fact.
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Appeal, No. 50, Jan. T., 1898, by-Robert C. Johnston, trustee et al., from decree of C. P. Franklin Co., on bill in equity. Bill in equity for a decree declaring void a trust created by a will. John- Stewart, P. J., filed the following opinion: The case as presented raises no issue of fact. The purpose of it, as stated in the bill, is to have a certain devise to trustees contained in the last will of George Johnston, deceased, declared void, and to secure a conveyance to the plaintiff, a cestui que trust, of his proportionate undivided interest in the estate so devised. The plaintiff is a son…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The very able and exhaustive opinion of the learned court below in this case is so full and complete, and evinces such a painstaking care in its preparation, and is so entirely satisfactory to us that we adopt it as the opinion of this Court, and on it we affirm the decree of the common pleas.
Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed at the cost of the appellants.
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