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EARLE ESTATE

369 Pa. 52 (1951)

Earle Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 27, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Brewster Rhoads, appellant, in propria persona, with him Joseph W. Swain, Jr. and Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads.

John B. Gest, with him Frank Rogers Donahue and Donahue, Irwin & Gest, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE LADNER, December 27, 1951:

George H. Earle, Jr., died February 19, 1928, leaving a will dated January 24, 1928. In that will he provided by the third paragraph of the Fifth Item of his will as follows: "In the event that my estate, after the payment of taxes, shall at least amount to the net sum of Five Million ($5,000,000) Dollars or over, I give and bequeath to my Trustees in Trust for the benefit of each and every male child of my sons who...

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