Legal Opinion

Swinson Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 20, 1950No. Appeals, Nos. 31 and 33PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

These two appeals are from the final decree of the Orphans’ Court of Berks County dismissing exceptions *295to its adjudication of the trustee’s account in the estate of Walter E. Swinson, deceased.

The principal question raised by tbe appeal of Adelaide Manning (No. 31, October Term, 1950) is whether, under tbe terms of a testamentary trust providing for tbe care and maintenance of a life beneficiary, tbe settlor intended to provide for tbe payment of tbe funeral expenses of such life beneficiary.

By tbe seventeenth paragraph of bis codicil testator devised bis residuary…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Walters' CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Reck's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
  3. Richey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  4. Brown's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  5. In re the Estate of FrayerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In Re the Estate of TashjianSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Demitz EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Elliott v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
  4. Brainard v. Merchants & Manufacturers National BankPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Mercer County · 1965
  5. Duffy EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1956

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