Legal Opinion

Edwards Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 4, 1948No. Appeals, 170 to 173PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

These appeals are from a decree entered by the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny County in the estate of -Eliza Thaw Edwards, deceased.

Testatrix died May 13, 1912; leaving a will and two codicils, all holographic. The provisions here material occur on the first and fourth pages of the will arid in the second codicil. They are as follows: on page 1, “There is to be no immediate division of my estate, but each one of my four daughters shall share equally of its income after certain bequests are made”; on page 4, “Wheri- estate is divided, two years after my death, all…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Reamer's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Kellerman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  3. Laughlin's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Overbrook Heights Building & Loan Ass'n v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  5. Bache's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Newlin EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Houston EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  3. Dickson v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1949
  4. Dauphin Deposit Trust Co. v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
  5. Harrigan EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1950

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