Estate of Siddall
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Estate of Siddall, 180 Pa. 127 (Pa. 1897)
36 A. 570; 1897 Pa. LEXIS 888
Dean, Fell, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Sterrett, Williams
Estate of Siddall
Opinion of the Court
Tbe single specification in this case charges error in dismissing exceptions to the adjudication and confirming the same absolutely. The main question was whether the disposition which testatrix made of her estate at the death of her daughters is violative of the rule against perpetuities. The learned court ■below in a concise and convincing opinion, to which little, if anything can be profitably added, rightfully held that it is not.
On that opinion the decree is affirmed, and appeal dismissed at appellant’s costs.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Estate of Catharine H. Siddall, Appeal of Annie W. Kratz
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- 5 cases
- Status
- Published
- Syllabus
- Will — Perpetuities—Tested estate — Trusts and trustees. A will gave an estate to executors in trust to pay the net income to the daughters for life with direction that “at their decease” it shall “be -equally divided among their children who may be then living, and the issue of any deceased child or children, whether herein named or not, as ■they arrive at the legal age.” Held, (1) that the estates to the grandehildren vested at the expiration of the estates given to the daughters; (2) that the will created no perpetuity; (3) that the trust should be preserved for the protection of the future interests.