Legal Opinion

Kramph's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 1, 1910No. Appeals, Nos. 112 and 133PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeals, Nos. 112 and 133, January T., 1909, from decree of O. C. Lancaster County, April T., 1903, No. 104, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Frederick J. Kramph, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Smith, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned in each appeal was decree of the court dismissing exceptions to the adjudication.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Stewart,

These appeals are from a final adjudication by the orphans’ court of Lancaster county distributing the estate of Frederick J. Kramph, who died more than fifty years ago, testate. By his will, the testator, after making provision for his widow and children, and making certain other bequests, gave the net balance of his whole estate to seven *458trustees, naming them, and their successors, “in trust, for the purpose of endowing a university of the New Jerusalem, to be founded in the consolidated city of Philadelphia, for universal New Church education in these United…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Watson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. City of Philadelphia v. Heirs of GirardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
  3. McGinnis v. WatsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
  4. Hinckley v. ThatcherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
  5. Ayres v. WeedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Toner's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  2. Thompson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  3. Wilkey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Williams EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  5. Curran's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933

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