Legal Opinion

Hoff's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 30, 1934No. Appeal, 43PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Appellants, next of kin, claim testatrix’s residuary estate directed to be held in trust for charity, on the ground that the object of the charity has failed. The will provided: “All the rest and residue of said funds I give and devise and bequeath unto the Pennsylvania Trust Company, in Trust, the said Estate to be known as ‘The Florence Wootten Hoff Fund,’ the income thereof to be perpetually expended by the Trustee in keeping in repair and improving the wing of the Reading Hospital erected by my father John E. Wootten, deceased, known as the Annie Wootten Wing.” By a codicil,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Toner's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  2. Kramph's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  3. Curran's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  4. Mears's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  5. McCully's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Abel v. Girard Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  2. Bangor Park Association CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952

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