MATTHEWS ESTATE


439 Pa. 69 (1970)

Matthews Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.R. Van Deusen, Jr., with him Van Deusen, Van Deusen and Reedy, for appellant.

Ernest J. Gazda, Sr., with him Ernest J. Gazda, Jr., for appellees.

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


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, April 22, 1970:

This is a will case which presents the oftentimes difficult question of when the principal of a testamentary trust vested, and, consequently, to whom it should be distributed. The lower Court decided that the interest of the widow of the life tenant was not vested and terminated at her death.

The testatrix, Louise Matthews, died on November 23, 1945, leaving a will dated February 21, 1941. After certain minor...

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