Legal Opinion

Conley's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 8, 1900No. Appeal, No. 180PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal, No. 180, Oct. T., 1899, by Safe Deposit & Trust Company of Pittsburg, Trustee, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., March T., 1899, No. 36, dismissing exception to as to adjudication in the estate of William H. Conley, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication.

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Appeal, No. 180, Oct. T., 1899, by Safe Deposit & Trust Company of Pittsburg, Trustee, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., March T., 1899, No. 36, dismissing exception to as to adjudication in the estate of William H. Conley, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts appear by the opinion of Over, J., which was as follows: William H. Conley died testate on July 26, 1897. By his will, executed on July 14,1897, he gave Iris wife, in the first parar graph, certain real estate and bank stocks. In the third paragraph he provided as follows : “ I direct my executor to transfer to the trustee,…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice McCollum,

The material questions to be considered on this appeal are *297whether the learned court below erred in holding (1) that under the codicil in the will of the testator his widow is entitled to the ten certificates of loan and the 107 shares of stock of the Tide Water Pipe Line Company, Limited, and in holding (2) that as to the portion of the residue of the estate to which the widow is entitled under the intestate laws, the trust represented by the Safe Deposit & Trust Company of Pittsburg is to that extent executed.

In reaching the conclusion arrived at the learned…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Harry A. Ellis, Deceased, Helen R. Ellis, Bernard B. Largman and Dan Denenberg, ExecutorsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
  2. Lilley's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  3. Arnold's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  4. Dumont's Estate v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
  5. Moore v. GilbertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926

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