Brown Estate

Decision Date13 January 1956
Docket NumberBARCLAY-WESTMORELAND
CitationBrown's Estate, In re, 119 A.2d 513, 384 Pa. 99 (Pa. 1956)
CourtPennsylvania Supreme Court
PartiesIn re ESTATE of J. Emerson BROWN, Alias Dictus James Emerson Brown. Appeals of BARCLAY-WESTMORELAND TRUST COMPANY, Trustee, and Vincent E. Williams, Guardian Ad Litem for James Emerson Brown, III, a Minor.

Robert H. Rial, Walls, Rial & Morrell, Greensburg, for appellant.

Edward B. Doran, Vincent E. Williams, Smith, Best & Horn, Greensburg, for appellee.

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Vincent E. Williams, Smith, Best & Horn, Greensburg, for appellant.

Robert H. Rial, Walls, Rial & Morrell, Edward B. Doran, Greensburg, for appellee.

Before STERN, C. J., and STEARNE, JONES, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The decree is affirmed on the opinion of President Judge Copeland; costs to be borne by the estate.

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  • In re Henderson's Estate
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • March 16, 1959
    ...of that Act, and under In re Brown's Estate, 4 Pa.Dist. & Co. 722, which was affirmed in a brief Per Curiam opinion by this Court in 384 Pa. 99, 119 A.2d 513. Section 11 of the Estates Act of 1947 pertinently provided: 'A conveyance of assets 4 by a person who retains * * * a power of revoc......
  • In re Mason's Estate
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • April 20, 1959
    ...revocation made the trust testamentary. See Curry Appeal, 390 Pa. 105, 134 A.2d 497.3 Italics thoughout, ours.4 See also In re Brown's Estate, 384 Pa. 99, 119 A.2d 513. ...
  • Cilley, In re
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • June 30, 1960
    ...or testamentary operation. The majority opinion is based on the theory recognized in a (two line) per curiam opinion in Brown's Estate, 384 Pa. 99, 119 A.2d 513. The majority has apparently overlooked the fact that Brown's Estate was changed by the Legislature which revived the former law a......
  • In re Cilley
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • June 30, 1960
    ... ... [163 A.2d 303] ... [400 Pa ... 568] William C. Storb, Stein, Storb & Mann, Lancaster, for ... appellant ... Brown ... & Zimmerman, B. M. Zimmerman, Lancaster, for appellee ... [163 A.2d 304] ... Windolph, ... Burkholder & Hartman, F. Lyman ... will the effect of which was to exclude the adopted child ... from sharing in that portion of his estate which would pass ... The Bank ... filed its First and Final Account on June 5, 1958 and the ... Orphans' Court of Lancaster County ... ...
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