Legal Opinion

Williamson Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 15, 1947No. Appeal, 137PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

TMs is an appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Crawford County relating to the distribution of a decedent’s estate.

The eighth paragraph of decedent’s will included a legacy of $1,0()0 “unto the Meadville Firemen’s Relief Association, Division No. 43.” Two nonprofit corporations claimed the legacy: “Meadville Volunteer Fireman’s Relief Association,” and “Paid Firemen’s Relief and Pension Association of Meadville, Pennsylvania.”

At the request of the corporate executor, the court below appointed an auditor, who heard testimony to determine which organization was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gerety EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  2. Stand's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  3. Hirst's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
  4. Byrne's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  5. Morris's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In Re Tonneson's EstateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Estate of SchwarzbarthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Edwards v. ChristensonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Estate of SchwarzbarthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Homsher EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Lancaster County · 1961

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