Legal Opinion

Tafel Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 17, 1972No. Appeals, 306 and 316PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

On July 7, 1935, Adolph Tafel (testator) died. On February 2, 1935, he had executed his will in which he created a trust. Under that trust, testator’s widow was to receive the income during her life and, upon her death, the corpus of the trust was to be divided in four equal shares for the benefit of his four named children, each child to receive the income from one such share during his or her life and, upon each child’s death, the corpus of the share of such child so dying to “go to such of his or her children as may then be living, and to the issue then…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. In re the Construction of the Will of UpjohnNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
  2. Puterbaugh's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  3. Cave's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  4. Collins EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  5. Holton EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. Estate of SykesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Farmers Trust Co. v. BashoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Estate of FlinnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. In Re Estate of TowerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. In Re Estate of BellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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