Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Ketcham

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 28, 1985No. 1620 and 1637PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TAMILIA, Judge:

This is an appeal from the decree dismissing the exceptions of Barbara Harrison Johnson and sustaining those of Suzanne Ketcham Bornstein, adoptees of, respectively, a daughter and son of the testatrix, Ida Graham Ketcham. The issue before us is whether said adoptees are entitled to share in the distribution of income and principal from a testamentary trust. We affirm.

The facts as clearly delineated in the Opinion Sur Exceptions to Adjudication filed May 8, 1984 are as follows:

Testatrix, by will dated April 11, 1911, had left the residue of her estate in trust for the benefit…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Tafel EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Estate of SykesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Farmers Trust Co. v. BashoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Estate of FlinnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. In Re Estate of DamarioSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of OgdenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. In Re Estate of NesbittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Estate of GoalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. In Re Estate of KauffmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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