Suttner Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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
- Byrne's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- Brennan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Lippincott's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Smith's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Wood's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Girt EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Slater EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Amator v. AmatorArizona Supreme Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. Johns, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northumberland County1958
- Geary's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Clinton County · 1946
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