Legal Opinion

Benedum Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 14, 1967No. Appeal, 192PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

The question involved: Is the adopted daughter of a deceased nephew, who was one of testator’s life ten*410ants, included or excluded in a gift of income to the nephew’s living children and living issue of a deceased child, where the testator in his 1948 will provided that “the words ‘child‘children’ and ‘issue? . . . shall include only issue of the body of my niece and nephews” ? From a Decree of the Orphans’ Court, which held that the adopted daughter was not entitled to a share of the income under this testator’s will, the adopted daughter took this appeal.

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2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Britt EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Burleigh EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  3. Houston EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  4. Sowers EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  5. Dinkey EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Estate of SykesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Carter EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  3. Chambers EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  4. Jessup EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  5. Matter of Estate of RosenblumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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