Legal Opinion
Atlee Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 13, 1962No. Appeal, 24PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,
W. L. Atlee (decedent), a Delaware County resident, died testate, on December 15, 1958 and letters testamentary were issued to James L. Rankin.
Only two paragraphs — paragraphs 10 and 13 — of decedent’s will are presently pertinent. In paragraph 10, decedent gave to the Third Presbyterian Church of Chester, Pa. (Church), “a full ten percent of all the residue of [his] estate” stating that this bequest “shall be void in the event that 1 am not a- member of said Church at the time of my decease, and it shall also be void in the event that said church as of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Bridges's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
3Cited by23 opinions
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