Legal Opinion

Gohn's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 30, 1936No. Appeal, 165PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Kephart,

The County Trust Company, a judgment creditor of Lizzie Keturah Trent and Wilson H. Trent, her husband, brought this proceeding to determine whether she took a fee simple in certain real property under the ivill of her father, Harrison Gohn. By it there was given “to my daughter Lizzie Keturah intermarried with Wilson H. Trent, the property at present occupied' by her and . . . the mortgage of twelve hundred dollars . . . against her said husband Wilson H. Trent and herself,” together with a certain sum .charged upon his coal lands. Testator then provided:…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Byrne's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  2. Redding v. RiceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  3. Jessup v. SmuckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
  4. McCall v. UmbenhauerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  5. Hults v. HolzbachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Lehigh University v. HowerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  2. Bagley's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Bedford County · 1943
  3. Drennen EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Delaware County · 1948
  4. Moul EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Adams County · 1950

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