Briggs' Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Kenworthey, J.,
Opinion by
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
- Corkery v. DorseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Estate of QuinPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1891
- Carter v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- Appeal of NealeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
- Martin's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
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3Cited by10 opinions
- In Re ScheidmantelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Security-Peoples Trust Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
- Commonwealth Bank & Trust Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Thorman v. CarrCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- Eby Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County1977
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