Legal Opinion
Wright's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 1, 1925No. Appeal, 110PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Walling,
George W. Wright, late of Mercer, Pennsylvania, died testate, February 21, 1921, leaving an estate of approximately $450,000. His will, after specific bequests amounting to $24,000, gives the remainder of the estate absolutely to Ralph C. Kerr, James A. McLaughry and Alexander Wright, Jr., trustees, and their successors, and provides, inter alia: “The aforesaid trustees for educational purposes, shall use and apply the estate, so as aforesaid given to them in trust and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to invest said estate and keep the same…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Tatham's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- List v. RodneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
- Schattenberg's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- Bingaman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Sloan's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
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3Cited by21 opinions
- In Re Estate of PierceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1953
- Funk EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Schellentrager v. Tradesmens National Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Goetz v. Old National Bank of MartinsburgWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
- In Re Estate of SnyderCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1950
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