Legal Opinion

Schwartz's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 1, 1939No. Appeal, 278PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Steen,

Charles Schwartz died in 1906. By his will he gave the income of his estate to his wife during her widowhood, and constituted her one of his executors; if she remarried, or upon her death, the estate was to be divided among his four children, one-sixth to Emma, one-sixth to Marie, one-third to William, and one-third to Charles (hereinafter called petitioner). The widow (hereinafter called respondent) remarried, but elected to take against the will, and upon the adjudication of the account of the executors in 1907 the fund derived from the personal property was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re Charles MikasinovichSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  2. Mulholland's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  3. Conner's Estate (No. 1)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bollinger v. RandallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  2. Thomas v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  3. Byrd v. Schwartz, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1941
  4. Schwartz v. SchwartzPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1941
  5. Schwartz v. SchwartzPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1941

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