Legal Opinion

Batchelor Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided April 29, 1949No. 51PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Hunter, J.,

Exceptant contends that the limitations of the will are in violation of the rule against perpetuities.

The will provides with respect to the share of Edward Charles Batchelor, testator’s son, as follows:

*316“Second: The . . . principal amount . . . shall . . . be held in trust, the interest from which ... is to be equally divided between said Edward Charles Batchelor while living, or his widow so long as she remains single, or in case of her remarriage or decease of both parents, pro rata unto their issue until they reach the age of twenty-five years respectively, then the (principal)…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Lockhart's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. Moore v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
  3. Whitman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  4. Disston EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  5. Solms' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Erny TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964

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