Legal Opinion

Beisgen Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 29, 1956No. Appeal, 208PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Bell,

The questions involved are these: Do the words “personal effects including clothing and household goods” include testatrix’s bank balance and stock and is oral testimony admissible to prove the meaning and intent of that language?

Flora Irene Beisgen, a widow, died December 3, 1954. Her will, dated March 5, 1954, which was prepared by her attorney pursuant to her oral and written directions, provided in material parts as follows:

“Second. I give, devise and bequeath unto my daughter, Alice Irene Danko, all my personal effects, * including clothing and household goods.”

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Britt EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Sowers EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  3. Cannistra EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  4. Cridge's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  5. Rosengarten EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. Herr EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  2. Pew TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  3. Hope EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  4. Vandergrift EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  5. Conlin EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957

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