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ESTATE OF LANING

462 Pa. 157 (1975)

339 A.2d 520

In re ESTATE of Elizabeth V. LANING, Deceased. Appeal of HOME FOR HOMELESS WOMEN.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 13, 1975.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Townend, Wilkes-Barre, Frank Townend, Silverblatt & Townend, for appellant.

Albert H. Aston, Aston, Fine, McHugh, Caverly, Wetzel & Geist, Wilkes-Barre, for appellee, Benjamin Musser.

Arthur L. Piccone, for appellee, Estate of Nancy Musser Harper.

Before O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

The will of Elizabeth Laning bequeathed her entire estate to a trustee, directing that the income be paid to her adopted daughter, Helen Laning Musser, for life and the corpus then distributed to "such of the lineal heirs of my daughter . . . as there are, at the time the youngest arrives at the age of twenty-one years, members in good standing of the Presbyterian Church." In the absence of qualifying grandchildren...

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