Grove's Estate
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County
1Opinion of the Court
Bok, J.,
In writing Ms will as he did, the testator may have labored under a misconception of the rule against perpetuities. All of its provisions pertinent to the instant question betray an effort to benefit those who were alive at the time of his death. The care with which the ultimate remainder is given to the charity appears to serve the same thought.
The thoroughness of this ultimate gift also provides the solution of the question before us: “so that the said ‘Church Home for Children’ shall eventually "become entitled and shall receive the whole of my residuary estate of whatever…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Beilstein v. BeilsteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- List's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Simpson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Worst v. DeHavenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- Belcher's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905