Donnan's Trust Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Linn,
This appeal depends on the meaning of a deed of trust made in 1911 by John W. Donnan. He gave certain personal property to his three sons, John, Sydney and Alvan, in trust to invest, etc., and to pay the income to bis four children for life, and on the death of any child, for the support of that child’s family, etc.; 1 he provided that the trust should terminate 20 years after the death of the last survivor of his children with distribution of the corpus among his “heirs ... in such proportions as they will be entitled to the same under the Intestate Laws of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Whittemore v. Equitable Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Stafford's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- Rehr v. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- Jones's Trust EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Brolasky's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Cannistra EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Bowers' Trust EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Bosler EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- F. E. McGillick Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1958
- Africa EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
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