Legal Opinion
Thorn Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 8, 1946No. Appeals, 216, 217 and 218PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Hoeace Steen,
A family group, entitled to a share of the income arising from the trust provisions of a decedent’s will, are here attempting to exclude the children of one of the deceased life beneficiaries from also sharing therein, on the ground that they are illegitimate.
The testator, George W. Thorn, died in 1886. By his will he left his residuary estate in trust for three sisters and six nephews and nieces for tlieir respective lives, the trust to continue until the death of the last survivor; meanwhile, upon the death of a sister her share of the income was to go to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Nixon v. NixonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Esenwein v. EsenweinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Kemper v. FortSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Cairgle v. AMERICAN R. AND SS CORP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Cairgle v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Fiduciary Trust Co. v. MishouMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Allen v. CalifanoDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1978
- Taylor EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
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