Adams Estate
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County
1Opinion of the Court
SATTERTHWAITE, P.J.,
The question involved in these proceedings is whether a widow may recover her alleged statutory rights in lieu of dower out of real estate purchased by her deceased husband in his lifetime where he had placed, and for many years prior to his death had held, the title thereto in his own name as trustee for a grandson upon irrevocable trusts to continue during the latter’s minority and then to be transferred to the grandson outright. The matter is before the court on the widow’s petition, ostensibly as administratrix c.t.a. of the deceased husband’s estate, seeking a decree…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Dickerson's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Lines v. Lines, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northampton County1891
- Rynier EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Windolph v. Girard Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Beirne v. Continental-Equitable Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
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