Moore Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Linn,
Appellant hospital complains of the refusal to award a legacy claimed under a codicil. The claim was presented at the audit of the trustees’ first account. Payment was refused on the ground that the gift was subject to a contingency contained in the will and that the contingency had not yet happened.
Testator died January 14, 1927, leaving a will dated June 27,1924, and a codicil dated May 4,1926. He was survived by a widow, a daughter-in-law, and by a grandson, Edward J. Moore, 2nd; the grandson’s age is not stated, but apparently he was quite young when the will…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Rainear's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Warne's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Vernier's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Bissell's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Baugh's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Horn EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Van Hoose v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Braun EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Boyer EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Crooks EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
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