SCHEDE ESTATE


426 Pa. 93 (1967)

Schede Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney E. Herold, for appellant.

Morris H. Goldman, with him Richard N. Weiner, George M. Brodhead, John B. Gest, and Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, and Rawle & Henderson, for appellees.

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


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, June 30, 1967:

The question involved in this appeal is whether Lucille Schede Brooks validly and effectively exercised the special power of appointment given her by Albert W. Schede, her first husband.

Schede died June 1, 1957 leaving a last Will dated April 11, 1953. In his Will he created two trusts which were primarily for the benefit of his wife Lucille, — one a so-called marital deduction trust and the...

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