Catherwood Trust
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Concurring in part, dissenting in part
CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BY
Mr. JUSTICE Bell :
I enthusiastically agree with that part of the majority Opinion which holds that small stock dividends which do not exceed 6% in that particular year belong to the life tenant and are not subject to apportionment. However, I would not restrict stock dividends to that of the issuing corporation or require them to be of the same class. I said in Cunningham Estate, 395 Pa. 1, 149 A. 2d 72 (page 34) and I repeat: “‘[a] Ordinary cash or scrip [or stock] dividends coming to [the trustee] belong to life tenants regardless of how soon after…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Crawford EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Steele EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Cunningham EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Warden TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Michael v. Hahnemann Medical College & Hospital of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
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