Legal Opinion
Austin's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 16, 1934PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Argued April 16, 1934. The facts are stated in the opinion of the lower court by GEST, J., as follows:
Louise S. Austin died on January 14, 1921, leaving a will, by the eighth paragraph of which she provided as follows:
"I give and bequeath the sum of Fifty Thousand dollars ($50,000.00) unto Girard Trust Company, a corporation, of the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, and unto its successors and assigns, In Trust Nevertheless, for the following uses and purposes, that is to say: In Trust, to invest, reinvest and keep invested the same, and to collect the income therefrom, and to pay…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sterrett's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- List v. RodneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
- Appeal of GowenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
- Heisse v. MarklandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1830
- McBride's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Earle EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Dickson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- McDowell National Bank v. ApplegateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Bowen EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1955
- Earle EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
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