Legal Opinion

Bergland Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 18, 1952No. Appeal, 165PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

The question involved is a very narrow one: Was the testamentary trust dry or active?

Testator died on August 22, 1950, a resident of Allegheny County. In his will he first directed the payment of his debts and funeral expenses and then in the second paragraph directed his executor to cause his body to be cremated and the ashes from such cremation sent to his sister, Anna Gronberg, of Hamngatan No. 2 Karlstad, Sweden, for such burial as she may deem fit. He next directed the payment of all taxes; bequeathed to his executor the proceeds of his insurance policies;…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Borsch EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  2. Rife v. GeyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  3. Lochrie's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  4. Stoffel's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  5. Henderson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Brevard County v. RamseyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  2. Security-Peoples Trust Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Robertson v. SwayneIdaho Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Kain AccountYork County Orphans' Court · 1955
  5. Updegrove EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Cumberland County · 1956

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