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IN RE ESTATE OF BELL

463 Pa. 109 (1975)

343 A.2d 679

In re ESTATE of Samuel R. BELL, Deceased. Appeal of Edward A. BAXTER.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 7, 1975.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Labrum, Jr., Guy G. deFuria, Francis T. Sbandi, Fronefield, deFuria & Petrikin, Media, for appellant.

Stephen M. Feldman, Donald C. Cofsky, Feldman & Feldman, Philadelphia, for appellee, Ann Bell Shoustal (nee Ann Bell).

W. Donald Sparks, Eckell Sparks, Vadino, Auerbach & Monte, Media, for appellee as guardian and trustee ad litem.

Donald H. Pugh, Clarence D. Bell, Jr., Media, for appellees, trustees under the will of Samuel R. Bell.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION

JONES, Chief Justice.

This is the third of a trilogy of cases which attempt to relitigate the rights of adopted children to portions of trust funds, which rights had previously been adjudicated adversely to the adopted children by decisions of this Court.

Samuel Bell died on January 29, 1937, leaving his Last Will and Testament dated August 22, 1934. The pertinent sections of the will provided for identical trusts for each of his six children...

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