Legal Opinion
McKean Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 2, 1951No. Appeal, 264PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,
The question raised by this appeal is whether a surviving spouse, by an election under Sec. 11 of the Estates Act of April 24, 1947, P. L. 100, 20 PS 301.11, may secure an intestate share of her deceased husband’s revocable inter vivos trust which was erected prior to the passage of this Act.
On March 14, 1947 settlor, Thomas McKean, executed the deed of trust in. question. While for the present purpose all of its terms need not be recited, it transferred certain income to this appellant. Settlor reserved certain portions of the income to himself. He also…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Willcox v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Dolan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Crawford EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Dickerson's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Lines v. Lines, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northampton County1891
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3Cited by35 opinions
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