Legal Opinion

Lippincott's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided September 15, 1943No. 253Published

1Opinion of the Court

Hunter, J.,

The auditing judge found that Francis Donnon was the natural child of Helen Lippincott, and that the subsequent marriage of his mother and father legitimatized his birth. The proofs in support of this finding are overwhelming, and in any event it is a finding of fact which is binding on the court: Link’s Estate (No. 1), 319 Pa. 513; Womack’s Estate, 25 Dist. R. 101.

The second question raised by the exceptions is the construction of the will of Eleanor T. Lippincott, by codicil to which she provided as follows:

“With the intention of exercising the power of appointment given me by…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Link's Estate (No. 1)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  2. Mayhew's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  3. Packer's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  4. Grimes v. ShirkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  5. English's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921

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