Bennett's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 209, Oct. T., 1900, by Frank P. Martin, Assignee of J. Elwood Phipps et ah, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. T., 1909, No. 249, dismissing petition to pay over legacies in Estate of Thomas E. Bennett, deceased. Petition to pay over legacies. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was decree directing payment of. the legacies.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
-By the fourth clause of the testator’s will, legacies were given to his six grandchildren. As to three of the grandchildren, whose interests are now owned by the appellant, it is provided that their legacies be placed in trust with the Chester County *580Company to remain there as long as their father might live, and at the death of their father that their respective bequests to be paid in full to them; the income from their bequests, however, to be paid to each legatee semiannually in the meantime. The will does not impose any express duty on the trustee nor direct in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Spring's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Shallcross's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Estate of TettemerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Marshall's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Brubaker's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
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