Legal Opinion

Obici Trust

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 30, 1957No. Appeal, No. 145PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Chidsey,

This declaratory judgment proceeding concerns the interpretation of two paragraphs of an instrument creating a charitable trust executed by Amedeo Obici, *182founder of the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company, on January 13, 1945 with two amendments made thereto that same year and a third amendment made in 1946. By a stipulation of counsel dated June 11, 1956 the conclusions of the court as to the Charitable Trust1 thus created were also to apply to similarly worded paragraphs of instruments executed by the settlor on the same day creating the so-called Friends and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McCaskey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. Corn Exchange National Bank & Trust Co. v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Rudin v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
  2. Brener v. Phillips, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Cumberland County1965
  3. In Re: Jackson, J. Appeal of: Townsend, P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Taubel EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Montgomery County · 1960

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