Beilstein's Estate

Citations

• 147 Pa. 85
• 23 A. 349
• 1892 Pa. LEXIS 788

Syllabus

<p>Will — Trusts.</p> <p>A will provided: “ My daughter Gertie shall receive the income of my property known as the Seaton House, as long as she lives, .... my executors to allow my daughter twenty-five dollars per month until she reaches the age of twenty-one years. . . . All moneys left to be deposited on interest, and my daughter Gertie to receive the benefit of it when she becomes of age: ” Held that the will created a trust for the daughter, to continue until her majority, and under it the executors were entitled to the possession and rents of the Seaton House.</p> <p>Illegitimates — Testamentary guardian.</p> <p>Although the daughter was illegitimate, it was immaterial whether the effect of the will was to constitute the executors trustees or testamentary guardians, the testator having power to do either as to property given by his will.</p>