Legal Opinion

O'Brien Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 14, 1955No. Appeal, 58PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

Catherine A. O’Brien left a will, in which, after giving some pecuniary legacies and some discretionary gifts, she gave her residuary estate in trust as follows: “I authorize and empower my said Trustee to use and expend, solely as my said Trustee may deem necessary and advisable, such profits and income and any part or all of the corpus of the.estate entrusted to him, for the support and maintenance * of my brothers, James E. Lonergan, Philip É. Lonergan and John R Lonergan.. ..... .......... -.“My Trustee.shall .be the .sole, judge .of the amounts of such income…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Kariher's Petition (No. 1)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  2. Britt EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Lifter EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Sterrett's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  5. Capital Bank and Trust Company's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Grier EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  2. Collins EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Strite v. McGinnesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Lanigan v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1965
  5. Erie Indemnity Co. v. Greene, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1957

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