Legal Opinion

Moore's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided February 10, 1939No. 564Published

1Opinion of the Court

Van Dusen, P. J.,

Testator left a fund to pay the net income to his grandson during the natural life of his grandson’s then wife, and on the death of the wife, or of the grandson, to pay the principal to the grandson, if living, and if not, to his descendants. The grandson and his wife have been divorced. The auditing judge concluded that this divorce was not equivalent to a termination of “the natural life” of the grandson’s wife, and that the trust continued. In this conclusion we all agree.

The learned counsel for exceptant relies on Koenig’s Appeal, 57 Pa. 352, and Lee’s Estate, 207 Pa.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Koenig's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  2. Lee's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
  3. Henry's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921

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