Benkart v. Commonwealth Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 71, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1918, No. 845, dismissing bill in equity in case of Gertrude McC. Benkart v. Commonwealth Trust Co. of Pittsburgh, Trustee, et al. Bill in equity to declare deed of trust invalid. Before Beid, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the bill. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The plaintiff, the widow of Alfred E. Benkart, elected to take against his will, and filed a bill in the court below to have declared invalid, as against her, a trust which he created, in writing, on April 16, 1914, the trustee named being the Commonwealth Trust Company. The beneficiaries named were the settlor’s son and his brothers and sisters, should the son die before him. The property, all personal, mentioned in the trust consisted of three policies of insurance on the life of the settlor, payable at his death and aggregating $10,000. The policies were delivered to the trustee…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Dickerson's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Lines v. Lines, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northampton County1891
- Windolph v. Girard Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Pringle v. PringleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Young's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
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