JONES ESTATE


410 Pa. 380 (1963)

Jones Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 16, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Buerger, with him Glenn B. Reed, Jack G. Armstrong, Charles C. Stilley, and Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald, Kyle & Buerger, for appellant.

J. Garfield Houston, with him J. Henry O'Neill, and Blaxter, O'Neill, Houston & Nash, for appellees.

Joseph G. Robinson, David M. Gilmore, Mason Walsh, Jr., and Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, for appellee.

Robert L. Kirkpatrick, and Kirkpatrick, Pomeroy, Lockhart & Johnson, for estate, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, April 16, 1963:

Appellant contends that the remainder interest in the residuary clause of testator's will, i.e., a gift to a class, violated the Rule against Perpetuities and therefore an intestacy resulted, and appellant became entitled to an interest in the principal of the invalid residuary trust. The Orphans' Court held that the Rule was not violated in its application to this will. While...

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