Legal Opinion

Penrose's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 10, 1935No. Appeal, 158PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Anna M. Penrose died January 29,1896, leaving a will in which she divided her estate into four equal parts. Three of these parts she put in a trust, one-third for the benefit of children of a deceased son, and the other two-thirds, separately, under spendthrift provisions, for the benefit of her daughters Anna P. Hooton and Eliza P. Cochran. As to each of these latter trusts the will provided that her trustee was “to pay one-third of the net income thereof to [the daughters above named, respectively, the provision for each being the same] for and during the term of her natural life…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Willard's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
  2. Murray's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  3. Patton's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  4. Sauer v. MollingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Pew TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Beisgen EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  3. Est. of Robert H. Agnew v. Ross, D.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. In Re Estate of KellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Battles EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954

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