Legal Opinion

Estate of Tonner

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 5, 1986No. 03425PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Judge:

This appeal concerns two charitable trusts; one involving real property and the other an endowment trust to finance the maintenance and operation of the real property. The question is whether the endowment trust terminates when the trustee of the real property is substituted before the purposes of the trust are carried out. The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas ruled that the trust settlor did not intend termination before the purposes of the en*3dowment trust were complete; we agree and accordingly affirm the court’s decree.

In October, 1967, Florence Foerderer Tonner…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mayer's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. Horn EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. Farmers Trust Co. v. BashoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Bingaman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  5. Estate of TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re Estate of DevineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006

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