Legal Opinion

Sawtelle Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided October 26, 1962No. 442 of 1957PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Saylor, J.,

This case concerns the power of the court to reform an irrevocable deed of trust by including as beneficiaries adopted children of one of the settlors where the deed provided only for their issue.

On December 30, 1935, a brother and four sisters created the deed by assigning as corpus of the trust their respective remainder interests under the will of *382their maternal grandfather, George E. R. Burpee. Their prospective interest was to vest in possession at the death of their mother. Provision was máde for payment of one-half of the income to settlors’ father for life and the other…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Board of Directors of City TrustsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Collins EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Frederick's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
  4. Howlett EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  5. Scholler TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Potteiger v. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967

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