Legal Opinion

Jeffery's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided March 25, 1938No. 450Published

1Opinion of the Court

Ladner, J.,

The questions to be decided and the relevant facts under which these arise are clearly stated in Judge Bolger’s adjudication from which we take the following statement of facts.

Charles T. Jeffery by a deed of trust executed May 8, 1928, directed in the third paragraph thereof that the net income should be paid to himself for life, then to his wife, Kate R. Jeffery, for life or widowhood, with further provisions upon the happening of either event, unnecessary to recite because Kate R. Jeffery survives and has not remarried. Two other deeds creating similar trusts for decedent’s…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Knowlton v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Young Men's Christian Assn. of Columbus v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. Cox v. HartSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  4. Kuca v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  5. Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934

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