Legal Opinion

Wolters Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 22, 1948No. Appeals, 139 and 157PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

The question raised by these appeals depends for its answer upon the intent and meaning of certain provisions of a deed of trust executed June 3, 1935, by Charles A. Wolters, as settlor, to The Pennsylvania Company etc. and George Ovington, Jr., as trustees.

The consideration specified in the trust indenture is one dollar and “for the purpose of settling the property herein mentioned upon the trusts herein declared . . . The trust was designed to provide Lillian Seixas (now Lewis) with monthly payments of $225 “for and during the full term of her natural life” out…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hild v. DunnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  2. Moran v. BairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  3. Scott's TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  4. Taylor v. CoonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Pew TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Nick Dardovitch v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc., Mark S. Haltzman, in No. 98-1421 Nick Dardovitch v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc., Mark S. Haltzman, in No. 98-1422 Nick Dardovitch in No. 98-1452 v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  3. Mather EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Scholler TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  5. Dardovitch v. HaltzmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999

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