Legal Opinion

Briggs' Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 3, 1942No. Appeal, 21PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Kenworthey, J.,

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Katherine Briggs Palmer filed exceptions to the First and Final Account of substituted trustees under the will of Mary R. Briggs. In substance, she sought a revision of the discretion exercised by the trustees in attempting to terminate the trust by turning over the balance' of the principal, amounting to $1704.03, to Martha Baumann, the daughter of testatrix. The exceptions were dismissed; this appeal followed.

Mary R. Briggs died in 1893. By her will she di reeled that the residue of her estate, amounting to approximately $7500, be divided into two parts and held by…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Corkery v. DorseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  2. Estate of QuinPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1891
  3. Carter v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  4. Appeal of NealeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
  5. Martin's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. In Re ScheidmantelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Security-Peoples Trust Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Commonwealth Bank & Trust Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Thorman v. CarrCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
  5. Eby Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County1977

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