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FESSMAN ESTATE

386 Pa. 447 (1956)

Fessman Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Metz, Jr., with him Metz, McClure, Hanna & MacAlister, for appellant.

Andrew L. Weil, with him R.J. Cleary, George W. McKeag, Arthur W. Lewis, Weil, Vatz & Weil, Philips, Farren & McKeag, and Lewis & Hutchinson, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, November 12, 1956:

The question involved may be succinctly stated: Did Fessman agree to support his son during his minority, or did the support agreement terminate on Fessman's death?

The Orphans' Court awarded the bulk of Fessman's estate to a trustee for the minor's support during minority. From this decree one of the residuary legatees appealed.

Fessman and his wife had a child...

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