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PURNELL ESTATE

424 Pa. 263 (1967)

Purnell Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Larrimer, with him Dougherty, Larrimer & Lee, for appellant.

Stanley W. Greenfield, Assistant United States Attorney, with him Gustave Diamond, United States Attorney, for United States of America, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, January 4, 1967:

Ansby V. Purnell died April 12, 1941 leaving a will dated September 21, 1939. He was possessed of a substantial estate. In his will he left his residuary estate "to my wife, Anna S. Purnell, for . . . her natural life, with remainder upon her death to my son, Verner S. Purnell." Ansby further provided: "I direct that my personal estate be distributed to my wife, Anna S. Purnell, as life tenant without requiring her...

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