IN RE ESTATE OF HILLEGASS


322 Pa.Super. 139 (1983)

469 A.2d 221

In re ESTATE OF Foster C. HILLEGASS, Deceased. Appeal of COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Attorney General, as Parens Patriae for Charities.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Donohue, Deputy Attorney General, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Adam B. Krafczek, Reading, for participating parties.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and McEWEN and HOFFMAN, JJ.


HOFFMAN, Judge:

This Commonwealth appeal arises from the lower court's decision to permit the directors of a charitable trust to dissolve the trust in favor of contingent beneficiaries entitled to share the remainder of the donor's estate in the event of such dissolution. Finding no merit in the Commonwealth's several contentions, we affirm the order of the court below.

In 1955, the decedent, Foster C. Hillegass, incorporated The Hillegass Foundation, a non...

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