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ESTATE OF RILEY

498 Pa. 395 (1982)

446 A.2d 903

ESTATE OF Lewis A. RILEY, Deceased. Appeal of Henry Drinker RILEY, Horace Burt Riley, Marie Louise Riley Gazeaud and Jean Brooke Riley Pasquet.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Bast, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Nicholas Kozay, Jr., Philadelphia, for C. Pasquet, et al.

John D. Iskrant, Philadelphia, for J.S. Huffer, et al.

Duffield Ashmead, III, Philadelphia, for H. Gates Lloyd and Provident Nat'l Bank.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Testator Lewis A. Riley died on April 23, 1925, leaving a will dated October 25, 1922, and a codicil dated June 3, 1924, establishing a trust from the residue of his estate. At issue on this appeal is whether appellees, two adopted children of one of testator's grandchildren, are entitled to share in the trust principal. We agree with the unanimous determination of the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common...

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