Legal Opinion

Saunders Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 30, 1958No. Appeal, 171PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

Emily M. Saunders, testatrix, died on March 22, 1951, leaving a last will dated April 30, 1935. She left her residuary estate in trust for certain persons and purposes. Item Tenth of the Will provides: “Tenth: My Executor and Trustee shall have power to retain as part of my estate any investments I may have made, whether legal or not, it being my desire that the same shall not be needlessly sacrificed; and I direct that my Executor and Trustee shall have power to invest and reinvest in Government Bonds only * or Bonds guaranteed by the Government.”

The trustee filed…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Britt EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Sowers EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  3. Cannistra EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  4. Kelsey EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958

3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Pew TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Houston EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  3. Brown EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  4. Woodward EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  5. Walton EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

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