ATLEE ESTATE


406 Pa. 528 (1962)

Atlee Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Kassab, for appellant.

Henry W. Maxmin, with him Edward F. Hitchcock, Myron Jacoby, and Jacoby & Maxmin, for appellees.

James L. Rankin filed a brief under Rule 46.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and O'BRIEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, March 13, 1962:

W.L. Atlee (decedent), a Delaware County resident, died testate, on December 15, 1958 and letters testamentary were issued to James L. Rankin.

Only two paragraphs — paragraphs 10 and 11 — of decedent's will are presently pertinent. In paragraph 10, decedent gave to the Third Presbyterian Church of Chester, Pa. (Church), "a full ten percent of all the residue of [his] estate" stating that...

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