Colladay's Estate
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County
1Opinion of the Court
Klein, J.,
Charles D. Oolladay died November 11, 1884. His wife died in 1910. In his will he directed, inter alia, that upon the death of his wife a portion of his estate should be held in trust to pay the net income therefrom to his three daughters for life. He gave each of them a general power of appointment over a share of the corpus.
Amanda B. Hensel, one of the daughters, died on January 23,1912. By her will she exercised the power of appointment given her, setting up a testamentary scheme which apparently violated both the statute prohibiting accumulations of income and the rule against…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Elkins's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Stetson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Johnson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Raab's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1923