McGUIGEN ESTATE


388 Pa. 475 (1957)

McGuigen Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James M. McIntyre and N.L. Wymard, for appellants.

William H. Eckert, with him Thomas P. Trimble, Jr., Emerson G. Hess, Jr., Jack G. Armstrong, and Smith, Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald & Eckert, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, April 15, 1957:

The question involved is narrow: What, if any, effect did § 7 (1) of the Wills Act of 1947 have upon the residuary gift contained in testatrix's last will?

Testatrix died on August 17, 1955. In her last will dated August 12, 1955, after giving a number of pecuniary and specific legacies and providing for the upkeep of her husband's grave, she provided: "SEVENTEENTH: All the rest and residue of...

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