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McELDOWNEY ESTATE

415 Pa. 87 (1964)

McEldowney Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tillman K. Saylor, Jr., with him William McC. Houston, and Spence, Custer, Saylor & Wolfe, and Houston & Houston, for appellant.

John G. Buchanan, Jr., with him Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald, Kyle & Buerger, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, July 1, 1964:

Testatrix died on October 27, 1957, leaving a Will dated February 26, 1953. She created a testamentary trust of one-third of her residuary estate to pay the income to her son Robert for life, with the remainder to his issue. Robert was not only the life tenant, he was also Executor. Robert died on March 18, 1961. Ninety-six percent of the trust consisted of stock in the Mellon National Bank and Trust Company. The Mellon...

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