Legal Opinion

Martin's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided June 27, 1947No. 3544 of 1946Published

1Opinion of the Court

Bolger, J.,

The aphorism that “no will has a brother” is well illustrated by the' instant testament. The cases interpreting gifts of fractional interests of estates as cited in Plunter’s Orphans’ Court Common Place Book, vol. 2, p. 857, par. 19 (o) and other like cases, including Haak’s Estate, 342 Pa. 93, Wallace’s Estate, 234 Pa. 459; Watson v. Smith, 210 Pa. 190; Finney’s Appeal, 113 Pa. 11; Reed v. Reed, 9 Watts 263; Windt’s Estate, 110 Pa. Superior Ct. 124; Wood’s Estate, 267 Pa. 462, and Timothy’s Estate, 7 D. & C. 167, while dealing with similar questions present different problems and,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wood's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  2. Armstrong EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  3. Finney's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
  4. Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
  5. Estate of Sophia WindtSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933

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