Legal Opinion

Wraught Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 19, 1943No. Appeals, 115 and 116PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

Testator, Albert B. Wrauglit, died on April 18, 1940. In his will, after directing the payment of his debts and funeral expenses, he bequeathed his residuary estate to his wife, Alice M. Wraught, “absolutely and in fee simple.” But there followed this provision: “Should my said wife, Alice M. Wraught, predecease me, or should we both die together, or under such circumstances as to make it impossible or impracticable to determine who died first, or should my said wife, Alice M. Wraught, die before the settlement of my estate, then and in such event, but in…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hogg's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  2. Estate of WengerdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
  3. Hanna's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  4. Ramsey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  5. Davenport v. GrahamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Myers EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  2. Allen v. SheaIdaho Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Stokes EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  4. Robertson v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1961
  5. Fink v. SteinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945

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