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IN RE FRANK

480 Pa. 116 (1978)

389 A.2d 536

In re Deed of Trust of Isaac W. FRANK dated January 3, 1927. Appeal of Alan I.W. FRANK, Joan Frank Apt and Barbara Frank Dane, beneficiaries under the Deed of Trust.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert J. Helwig, Robert G. Lovett, Pittsburgh, for appellant in No. 94.

John E. Grasberger, Litman, Litman, Harris & Specter, Pittsburgh, for appellant in No. 95.

Donald L. McCaskey, Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald, Kyle & Buerger, Julian Ruslander, Berman, Ruslander, Pohl, Lieber & Engel, Pittsburgh, for appellee in Nos. 94 and 95.

Roslyn M. Litman, Litman, Litman, Harris & Specter, Pittsburgh, for appellee in No. 94 only.

Gilbert J. Helwig, Robert G. Lovett, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, for appellee in No. 95 only.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

In 1927, testator Isaac Frank created an irrevocable trust by which he received income for life. At his death, his three children, William K. Frank, Robert J. Frank and Bessie Frank Anathan, were to receive income from the trust for their respective lives. The trust provided that, upon the death of each child, "the share of the income from the trust fund of the one so dying shall be paid to his surviving wife or her...

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