Phillips's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 89, Jan. T., 1902, by Charles L. Phillips, distributee, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. T., 1885, No. 320, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of Henry M. Phillips, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Beown,
Henry M. Phillips died in 1884. After his death Charles L. Phillips, the appellant, one of his nephews, had not merely an expectancy in his estate — •“ a pure hope of succession ” to a portion of his property — but an interest which we have this day decided was a vested one. Whether he and the appellee regarded it as contingent or vested when he executed the assignment of February 17, 1890, to relieve himself from his great embarrassment, to which he freely testifies, is immate*513rial; for he had a right to assign it if it was either: “A person, suijuris, owning a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Davidson v. LittleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
- Whelen v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Packer's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Norris's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Ross v. Trustees of UniversityWyoming Supreme Court · 1924
- Provident Life & Trust Co. v. FletcherDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1916
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