Legal Opinion

Sparks's Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 15, 1937No. Appeal, 10PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

Harriet Sparks, a widow, resident in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, died on July 29, 1909. She left a will, written by Mary L. Trescott, a recently employed attorney, dated April 29, 1909 and admitted to probate August 28, 1909, of which she appointed her grandniece, Sarah Carey, the executor, and letters testamentary were accordingly issued to her. By her will she gave a number of small bequests to certain charities and to a great number of collateral relatives, aggregating about $5,000; created two trust funds of $500 each, which her executor was to hold and invest…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lowe's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  2. First National Bank v. Monarch Fire InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Riter's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  4. Middleton's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  5. Saxman v. United States Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Robinson Township v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Williamson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  3. Ehret EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Sparks' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  5. Gleckel EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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