Johnson v. Provident Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 286 and 287, Jan. T., 1924, by defendant, from decrees of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1923, Nos. 3682 and 3683, in cases of Eldridge R Johnson and Eldridge Johnson MacEwan v. Provident Trust Co. of Philadelphia, and Eldridge Jolmson and George Fenimore MacEwan v. Provident Trust Co. of Philadelphia. Bills to terminate trusts. Before Gordon, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Decrees for plaintiffs. Defendant appealed.
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Appeals, Nos. 286 and 287, Jan. T., 1924, by defendant, from decrees of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1923, Nos. 3682 and 3683, in cases of Eldridge R Johnson and Eldridge Johnson MacEwan v. Provident Trust Co. of Philadelphia, and Eldridge Jolmson and George Fenimore MacEwan v. Provident Trust Co. of Philadelphia. Bills to terminate trusts. Before Gordon, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Decrees for plaintiffs. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were decrees, quoting them.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
The court below, in separate decrees, adjudged that two several trusts had terminated; the facts in the two cases are exactly alike, except that the deeds specify different parties in interest. A quotation from one of them, a statement of the relevant facts, and an application of the law thereto, will, therefore, be sufficient for the purposes of both appeals.
On September 27, 1922, Eldridge R. Johnson, one of the plaintiffs, conveyed to defendant certain property upon an active spendthrift trust, expressly made irrevocable, and further providing that the net…
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