Kellerman's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 144, Oct. T., 1912, by Bertha Crowley, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April Term, 1911, No. 356, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Caroline Kellerman, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Lamorelle, J., filed the adjudication which was in part as follows: The sole question for decision is whether the trust for a grandchild, Bertha Crowley, has terminated.
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Appeal, No. 144, Oct. T., 1912, by Bertha Crowley, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April Term, 1911, No. 356, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Caroline Kellerman, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Lamorelle, J., filed the adjudication which was in part as follows: The sole question for decision is whether the trust for a grandchild, Bertha Crowley, has terminated. Testatrix directed that her residuary estate, real, personal and mixed, should be divided into three equal parts, and one of those thirds she directéd should be subdivided into four shares. As to one of them,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The fund embraced in the account and distribution under review in this appeal consisted principally of the proceeds of the sale of realty made by the executors under a power contained in the will. The clause of the will which gives rise to the dispute reads as follows: “one other fourth part of my estate, I give, bequeath and devise to my executors in trust for the following uses, and purposes that is, to keep the same invested and to pay over the income thereof to my granddaughter, Bertha Crowley, wife of John C. Crowley, for and during all the term of her natural life…
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- Lafferty's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
- Grim's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Reed's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Lafferty's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Grim's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
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- Edwards EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
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