PENNINGTON TRUST


421 Pa. 334 (1966)

Pennington Trust.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 19, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel B. Michie, Jr., with him Ellen Q. Suria, Robert F. Lehman, and Fell & Spalding, for appellant.

Philip A. Bregy, with him MacCoy, Evans & Lewis, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, April 19, 1966:

Three questions are presented by this appeal:

(1) Has the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia County jurisdiction of this account and of the questions involved;

(2) (a) Does the law of New Jersey or Pennsylvania govern the interpretation of the deed of trust, and (b) What did the settlor mean by "issue"?

We shall discuss these in inverse order.

George Powell Pennington, of Atlantic City...

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