Legal Opinion

Suttner Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 28, 1943No. Appeal, 135PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

Appellant contends that the orpháns’ court erred in construing the will to mean that the widow possessed but a determinable life estate: see Bruch’s Estate, 185 Pa. 194, 39 A. 813.

The words of the will are: “I give, devise and bequeath all my real, personal and mixed property . . . unto my . . . wife (appellant), as long as she remains my widow, and upon the death or re-marriage of my said widow the residue and remainder of my said estate shall be divided among my children, share and share alike. . . .” It is earnestly urged by appellant that testator’s…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Byrne's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  2. Brennan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Lippincott's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  4. Smith's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  5. Wood's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Girt EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Slater EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  3. Amator v. AmatorArizona Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. Johns, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northumberland County1958
  5. Geary's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Clinton County · 1946

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