Benedum Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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
- Britt EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Burleigh EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Houston EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Sowers EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Dinkey EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Estate of SykesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Carter EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Chambers EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Jessup EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Matter of Estate of RosenblumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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