Legal Opinion

King Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 28, 1948No. Appeal, 38PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion, by.

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

This is the third, 1 hopefully the last, stage in the adjudication of the rights of the parties in this controversy.

Willis L. King died in 1936 having created in his will a trust for his widowed daughter-in-law for life with remainder to her three sons. Among the original assets, of. the trust estate were 778 shares of-7% cumulative preferred stock, and 783 shares of common stock, of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. In 1937 the trustee sold 300 of the latter shares leaving 483 shares of common in the trust. At the time of testator’s death unpaid…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Earp's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1857
  2. Nirdlinger's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Waterhouse's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  4. Dickinson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  5. Estate of SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Crawford EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  2. Steele EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  3. Arrott EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  4. Harvey EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Frick EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Allegheny County · 1955

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