Legal Opinion

Heyl Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 23, 1945No. Appeal, 142PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

By his last will and testament, as amended by two codicils, George A. Heyl, who died in 1926, created a spendthrift trust of the income of his residuary estate for the benefit of his two daughters, Kate Heyl Peace and Matilda Heyl Jackson; each to receive one-half of the income during her lifetime. On December 29,1930, Mrs. Peace, one of the beneficiaries, wrote to tbe surviving trustee, G-irard Trust Company, that if if would use a portion of tbe corpus of tbe trust to build a borne for ber, sbe would agree that ber share of tbe income should be charged with…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Holdship v. PattersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1838
  2. Morgan'S EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  3. Riverside Trust Co. v. TwitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  4. Fox's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  5. Miller's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Borsch EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  2. Kelsey EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Grote TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  4. Brown EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  5. Bosler EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954

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