Legal Opinion

Rodgers Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 26, 1953No. Appeal, 116PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

Did Elizabeth M. Rodgers revoke either during her lifetime or by will the tentative trust which she had established for her sister, Martha B. Rodgers? This is the single question presented by the appeal.

The issue is raised by the petition of John J. Mitchell, Jr., Esq., executor of the will of Elizabeth Rodgers, for a citation directed to the guardian of the estate of Martha B. Rodgers, incompetent, and to the Beneficial Saving Fund Society, to show cause why the fund on deposit in that society in an account entitled “Elizabeth M. Rodgers in trust for…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of TottenNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
  2. Scanlon's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  3. In re HalpernNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
  4. Shapley TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  5. Mizener's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Furjanick EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  2. In Re Estate of AgostiniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Brose EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  4. In Re Estate of McFetridgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. In re Estate of StrahsmeierSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012

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