IN RE ESTATE OF DEX


408 Pa.Super. 391 (1991)

596 A.2d 1143

In re ESTATE OF William A. DEX, Deceased. Appeal of Irene S. MILLER, Respondent Herein and Legatee Under the Will and Codicil of William A. Dex, Deceased.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. McNally, Jenkintown, for appellant.

Elwood M. Malos, Easton, for appellee.

Before MONTEMURO, BECK and TAMILIA, JJ.


BECK, Judge:

The issue in this case is whether, in the absence of contrary testamentary intent, the beneficiary of a specific bequest of personal property takes the property subject to a security interest. We hold that in the absence of a contrary intent the personal property passes to the beneficiary subject to the security interest.

Appellant Irene Miller challenges the trial court's decree that the bequest of a Lincoln Continental automobile passed to her...

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