Legal Opinion
Lifter Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 24, 1954No. Appeals, 314 and 316PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bell,
The Federation of JeAvish Charities presented to the Orphans’ Court a petition for a declaratory judgment. All of the persons having any possible interest, present or remote, vested or contingent, Avere joined in the 'petition.
In Eureka Casualty Co. v. Henderson, 371 Pa. 587, 92 A. 2d 551, Mr. Chief Justice Stern said (pages 591, 592) : “. . . whether or not a court will take jui-isdiction of a petition for a declaratory judgment or decree is purely a matter of judicial discretion. . . . It was said in Capital Bank and Trust Company’s Petition, 336 Pa. 108, 111, 6…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Newlin EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Capital Bank and Trust Company's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Eureka Casualty Co. v. HendersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Riegel v. OliverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Anderson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Sowers EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- McWilliams v. McCabeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Gulnac v. South Butler County School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Wanamaker EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Keystone Insurance v. Warehousing & Equipment Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
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