Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/30/1958

Collins Estate

Citations

393 Pa. 519
143 A.2d 45
1958 Pa. LEXIS 384

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gift to “descendants” includes adopted children

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Judges: Jones, Bell, Musmanno, Arnold, Cohen

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Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Pew Trust
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-05-29· cited 97×
Houston Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-06-01· cited 82×
Estate of Pew
Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-28· cited 63×
Vandergrift Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-01-02· cited 56×
Estate of Sykes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 42×
Walton Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-11-28· cited 34×
Farmers Trust Co. v. Bashore
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-21· cited 33×
Hamilton Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 30×
Benedum Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 29×
England Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-03-17· cited 25×
Estate of Houston
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 15×
Estate of Felice
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-21· cited 11×
McDowell National Bank v. Applegate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-05· cited 9×
Meyers Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-01-05· cited 6×
Hallowell Trust
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-10-03· cited 6×
McIntyre Estate
Philadelphia County Orphans' Court· 1959-04-20
England Estate
Philadelphia County Orphans' Court· 1963-03-11
Ayres Estate
Philadelphia County Orphans' Court· 1965-01-07
Porter Estate
Philadelphia County Orphans' Court· 1965-06-11
de Krafft Estate
Philadelphia County Orphans' Court· 1967-11-14

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

Britt Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-03-24· cited 99×
Sowers Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-01-03· cited 81×
Cannistra Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-03-13· cited 62×
Kelsey Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-06-30· cited 48×
O'Brien Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-03-14· cited 14×

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