Legal Opinion

Danner Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 11, 1944No. Appeal, 231Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Mr. Justice Linn,

The appellants are next of kin of George H. Danner, who provided by will for the establishment of a charitable home in the Borough of Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Their legal proposition is, that the trust has failed and that the testamentary trustees hold title for the next of kin. In their statement of questions involved they depend on two facts: (1) that in answer to a petition to terminate the trust, the trustees stated that the “. . . funds at hand are insufficient for the intended purposes of the testator” and (2) the testator had not declared a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. John C. Mercer HomeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  2. Unruh's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915

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