Legal Opinion

Noble's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 1, 1941No. Appeal, 226PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

The question is whether testator, James Noble, exercised a general power of appointment by his will which contains no express reference to the power in its two paragraphs. In the first, he directed the payment of debts and funeral expenses and appointed an executor. The second has fifteen clauses lettered from a to o; all but clause m give money legacies; the last or residuary clause, which raised the dispute, provides: “o. I give full power to my Executor Lawrence E. Probst to sell all of my assets, Real or Personal and the proceeds to go to him after all of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  2. Wilbur's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  3. McGlathery's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  4. Huddy's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  5. In re Pennock's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Jull EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Jaekel EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Donaldson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. Sorschek EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1965
  5. White EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1948

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