Lee's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 12, Oct. T., 1903, by Robert A. Lee, trustee, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 389, directing trustee to file an account in estate of Andrew J. Lee, deceased. Petition for an order directing trustee to file an account. From the record it appeared that the purpose of the proceeding was to secure the termination of a trust created by the will of Andrew J. Lee in favor of Annie E. Blackmore.
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Appeal, No. 12, Oct. T., 1903, by Robert A. Lee, trustee, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 389, directing trustee to file an account in estate of Andrew J. Lee, deceased. Petition for an order directing trustee to file an account. From the record it appeared that the purpose of the proceeding was to secure the termination of a trust created by the will of Andrew J. Lee in favor of Annie E. Blackmore. Prior to the filing of the petition a decree had been entered in the court of common pleas divorcing Annie E. Blackmore from her husband, Jacob E. Blackmore. The material…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The will of testator placed the bequest to his daughter in trust- for her, the trust to end in the event of the husband’s death before hers ; that event did not occur, but the marriage relation was dissolved by a decree in divorce. Evidently, the sole purpose of the trust was to protect her estate from the husband Jacob E. Blackmore; the law has severed the matrimonial bond as effectually as death could have done; therefore, the sole purpose of the trust being atan end, the daughter is entitled to the estate. So the court below on the authority of Koenig’s Appeal, 57 Pa. 352,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Koenig's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
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