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Potter v. Fidelity Insurance Trust & Safe Deposit Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Potter v. Fidelity Insurance Trust & Safe Deposit Co., 199 Pa. 366 (Pa. 1901)
49 A. 86; 1901 Pa. LEXIS 608
Brown, Fell, McCollum, Mestrezat, Potter

Potter v. Fidelity Insurance Trust & Safe Deposit Co.

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Fell,

The appellant in this case is the wife of the appellant in *371Potter v. Fidelity Company in which, the opinion of the court sustaining the trust has been filed. This is an attack upon the same trust from a different point, but with the same object. The decree dismissing the bill is affirmed on the opinion of Judge Willson.

Reference

Full Case Name
Potter v. Fidelity Insurance Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Trust and trustees—Irrevocable deed of trust—Husband and wife. Where a man at a time when he is engaged to be married executes an irrevocable deed of trust in which no provision is made for his future wife, and which he himself cannot revoke, and subsequently marries, the wife during the life of her husband has no standing to have the deed set aside on the ground that it was in fraud of her marital rights.
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