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HOLTON ESTATE

399 Pa. 241 (1960)

Holton Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 18, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Brewster Rhoads, with him William F. Drake, Jr., George G. Chandler, and Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, for appellants.

H. Ober Hess, with him Norman H. Brown, and Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, for appellees.

Alexander Brodsky, in propria persona, guardian and trustee ad litem, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and McBRIDE, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, April 18, 1960:

S. Pearce Holton, a lawyer and resident of Philadelphia, died on April 26, 1931. Under the terms of his will, — executed on March 16, 1929, — he created several trusts, a provision of one of which trusts is herein presented for construction and interpretation.

Under the eleventh paragraph of his will, the testator created a $400,000 trust which...

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