Spring's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 141, Oot. T., 1906, by Anna Melazina Spring, Trustee, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1906, No. 151, declaring a trust at end in Estate of Mary O’Hara Spring. Petition to declare a trust at an end.
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Appeal, No. 141, Oot. T., 1906, by Anna Melazina Spring, Trustee, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1906, No. 151, declaring a trust at end in Estate of Mary O’Hara Spring. Petition to declare a trust at an end. From the record it appeared that the trust was created by the sixth paragraph of the will of Mary O’Hara Spring, deceased, which was as follows : “ 6. I do hereby give and devise one other of said parts or shares, being the one-third part of said rest and residue of my estate, to Guilielma Fell Alsop, Reese Denny Alsop, Mary Alsop and Elizabeth Febiger Alsop, children of my…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
In disposing of the question raised by this appeal, it is important to keep in mind, that the real estate devised being the subject-matter of this controversy, belonged absolutely to the testatrix, who had the undoubted right to subject her testamentary gift to such conditions and limitations as she chose to impose, provided onty, that the limitations and conditions were lawful in purpose and not restricted by statute. It is *533not for him who receives the gift to fix the quantum of the estate devised, the time when it is to vest absolutely, the method by which it is…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Sheets' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
- Dodson v. BallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1869
- Eberly's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Rife v. GeyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Holbrook's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
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- Bowers' Trust EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Stafford's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
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