Harrah Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chibe J ustice Maxey :. This is an appeal from the decree of the court below concerning a certain schedule of distribution in the above entitled estate. The testator died on February IS, 1890, survived by five lines of descendants. His will, dated January 31, 1890, is in the form of a series of pecuniary legacies of unequal amounts, one legacy for each line of descendants. The residue of the estate is then left proportionately to the pecuniary legatees. Some gifts Avere outright and some were in trust. The gift for the line of descendants represented by his son, George Harrah,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Estate of LawrencePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1890
- Kountz's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Whitman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- Quigley's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Albert v. AlbertCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1888
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Pearson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Caplan v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Wharton AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Second Bank-State Street Trust Co. v. Second Bank-State Street Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- In Re Estate of WeaverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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