James Estate

Dissenting Opinion

Lefever, J.,

June 21, 1963. — The majority decides that “. . . in Pennsylvania there are no limitations on accumulations for charitable purposes, either under the common law or by statute” 1 and “. . . . so far as charitable trusts are concerned there can be no void accumulations. . .”2 The court concludes that “. . . the General Assembly has removed from judicial determination every vestige of our former power to declare a charitable accumulation void on the ground that it is unreasonable as to either duration or amount”.3

It follows from this sweeping decision that a trust…