Forsyth's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Maxey,
This is an appeal by Charles P. Helfenstein, to whom by the will of Caroline H. Forsyth, who died on June 3, 1932, was bequeathed the sum of $5,000 and certain portraits. The testatrix then made other pecuniary bequests to other persons. The will was executed May 20, 1931. On May 4, 1932, the testatrix made a codicil to her will, the third paragraph of which reads as follows : “None of the bequests I have made in any of the clauses of my said last Will and Testament are to be paid out of my real estate or the proceeds thereof, but wholly out of my personal estate,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Kiebler v. McCutcheonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Elkins's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Snyder's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Appeal of FrossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
- French's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Brown's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Estate of SewellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Beck v. BeiterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Douds' EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Powers' EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1947
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