Legal Opinion

Estate of Sewell

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 21, 1979No. 319PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Testator, Robert Sewell, Sr., died in 1939, survived by his wife and three children, Robert Sewell, Jr., Elizabeth Sewell Odell and Beatrice Sewell Brown. By his will, testator bequeathed his entire estate to named trustees in trust for the benefit of his wife for life. In subparagraph First (c), testator directed the trustees, upon his wife’s death,

“to pay over the net income in quarterly installments equally to my children then living and the issue of any children then deceased, including the issue of any children who predecease me, issue of deceased…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Tafel EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Estate of SykesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Estate of FlinnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Forsyth's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  5. Appeal of HalseySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  2. Estate of DullesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. In Re Estate of OgdenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Estate of RileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. In Re Estate of KetchamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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