Legal Opinion

Zoller Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 22, 1953No. Appeal, 88PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

This is a will construction case. The question presented is whether, upon the termination of an active trust for “maintenance and upkeep” of devised real estate, upon the sale of such real estate, the unexpended portion of. the trust fund passes to the surviving grantor-devisee or forms part of. testator’s residuary estate. A majority of the court below, one Judge dissenting,- ruled - that' such unexpended fund formed part of the residuary estate. The surviving devisee has appealed. . .......; William Zoller, testator,-died.-September 16, 1927. -He was…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Pattin v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  2. Dodson v. BallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1869
  3. Bricker's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Reiff v. PepoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  5. Henderson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Grossman v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Robertson v. SwayneIdaho Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Paul EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Allegheny County · 1957
  4. Perkins EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Delaware County · 1961
  5. Quigley EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1955

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