Legal Opinion

Baughman's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 29, 1924No. Appeal, 344PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Simpson,

On the distribution of the balance in the hands of the executors of testator’s will, his heirs at law and next of kin claimed: (1) That, on a fair construction of the will, the residuary gift, in trust for the Baughman Memorial M. E. Church, was not strictly charitable, and hence was void because the income was given in perpetuity; (2) That the will was not “attested by two credible, and, at the time, disinterested witnesses,” as required by section 6 of the Act of June 7,1917, P. L. 403, 406, and therefore the residuary gift was void; (3) That the heirs were…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Dodson v. BallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1869
  2. Joyce's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  3. Kessler's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  4. Wood's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  5. Decker v. . VreelandNew York Court of Appeals · 1917

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Borsch EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  2. Grote TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  3. Bowers' Trust EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  4. Rehr v. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  5. Harrison's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

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