In Re Estate of Ketcham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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…
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