HIGBEE ESTATE


372 Pa. 233 (1953)

Higbee Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 5, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Newman, with him Walker & Newman, for American Secular Union of Chicago, appellant.

Ella Graubart, with her Patterson, Crawford, Arensburg & Dunn, for Truth Seeker Company, Inc., appellant.

James J. Lawler, Special Counsel, with him Robert E. Woodside, Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, intervenor.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES and CHIDSEY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, January 5, 1953:

The question presented by the appeals is whether or not a legacy to a foreign corporation not for profit lapsed when it is shown that the corporation at date of testatrix's death had been dissolved by a decree of court, but where, at the time of distribution of the estate, such decree of dissolution had been vacated, set aside and expunged by the...

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