Legal Opinion

Dickson Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided January 14, 1953No. 125Published

1Opinion of the Court

Bolger, J.,

The learned auditing judge dismissed exceptant’s claim that exceptant’s life interest under his father’s will merges with an alleged intestacy as to four sevenths of the remainder of the trust. The record discloses that in 1932 during the exceptant’s enjoyment of his life estate, he went through bankruptcy and by a deed, copy of which was *261presented following the argument, all of the except-ant’s right, title and interest under the will of his father, including his life estate, was assigned by the purchaser of that interest from the bankrupt estate to the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Packer's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  2. Stafford's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  3. Laucks EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948

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