Legal Opinion
DeLone Estate
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Montgomery County
Decided November 29, 1963No. 61,762Published
1Opinion of the Court
Taxis, P. J.,
Decedent died on September 17,1960, and was survived by her husband, Joseph M. DeLone (who also died on December 23, 1962) and seven children. In paragraph Fourth of her will, she created a life estate in her residuary estate for her husband, and then provided:
“(b) Upon the death of my said husband, or upon my death if he should predecease me, [my trustee shall] pay over and distribute the then remaining balance of principal of my residuary estate, absolutely and in equal shares, to such of my children as are then living and, per stirpes, to the then living issue of such of my…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Estate of SmithPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1891
- Schuldt v. Reading Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Gerety EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Thornton v. KochSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934