Legal Opinion

Morgan'S Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 4, 1909No. 1; Appeal, No. 228PublishedCited by 51 opinions

Appeal, No. 228, Oct. T., 1908, by A. Pinedo, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1907, No. 122, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Martha B. Morgan. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Hawkins, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned were in dismissing exceptions to adjudication.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stewart,

By her will, Martha B. Morgan, testatrix, gave her entire estate, real and personal, to the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Pittsburg, in trust, exclusively for the use and benefit of her husband, Benjamin W. Morgan. The terms of the trust directed that the trustee — adopting the language of the will— “ Shall and will receive and hold my personal estate for the period of three years after my decease, and permit my husband Benjamin W. Morgan to use the same, and shall and will during the aforesaid period, collect and receive the rents and profits of my real…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rife v. GeyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  2. Hahn v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  3. Keyser's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868

3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Cannistra EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Adams v. WilliamsTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Greenwich Trust Co. v. TysonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
  4. Borsch EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  5. Kelsey EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958

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