Legal Opinion
Rhodes Estate
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Chester County
Decided August 6, 1970No. 354Published
1Opinion of the Court
ADJUDICATION
MacELREE, P. J.,
Decedent, a married man, leaving to survive him a spouse, died March 24,1968, leaving a will dated September 2,1960, which was duly probated and upon which letters testamentary were duly granted April 16, 1968, to G. Clinton Fogwell, Jr., alternate executor and trustee.
By the terms of his will, decedent provided, inter alia, as follows:
“A. If wife survives. I give one half of my entire estate to my wife, Velma L. Rhodes if she survives me. If she does not survive me said one half share shall be added to the residue of my estate.
“B. Residue. I give the residue of my…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gilbraith's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Dembinski's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Bartlett Estate Co. v. Fairhaven Land Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1908
- Lebo EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Estate of HardemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925