Legal Opinion

Duffy Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided March 22, 1956No. 2558 of 1955Published

1Opinion of the Court

Bolger, J.,

Decedent died November 21, 1954, unmarried, without issue.

By his will dated November 7,1952, a copy of which is annexed, the testator gave his entire estate to the accountant in trust to pay the income to his sisters-in-law, Ida Schlegel and Mary A. Bruestle, described in the will as Mary A. Bristle, for life and for the life of the survivor, and upon the death of the survivor to pay the balance of principal to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children at Philadelphia. The testator directed that all taxes are to be paid by his general estate as administration expenses and appointed…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Walters' CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Brown's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  3. Swope EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  4. Swinson EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  5. Minnich v. Peoples Trust, Savings & Deposit Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905

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