Pengelly Estate

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that purported inter vivos trust of personal property actually was testamentary in character and, thus, subject to election by estranged widow because settlor had reserved beneficial interest in and control of trust property, including ability to consume

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Crook v. Contreras
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-02-04· cited 41×
• Ackers v. First National Bank of Topeka
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1963-12-19· cited 33×
• Land v. Marshall
  Texas Supreme Court· 1968-03-13· cited 32×
• Lewis v. Hanson
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1957-01-14· cited 29×
• Estate of Kotz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-01· cited 23×
• Re: Trust Under Deed of D. Kulig Apl of Budke, C.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-19· cited 17×
• Behan Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-03-22· cited 15×
• Schwartz Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-10-04· cited 15×
• Montague Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-05-02· cited 14×
• Schautz Trust
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-05-28· cited 11×
• In Re Estate of Inter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-25· cited 8×
• In Re Estate of Devine
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-10-18· cited 8×
• Lorch v. Mercantile Trust Co. Nat. Ass'n
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1983-03-15· cited 7×
• Mason Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-04-20· cited 6×
• Hanson v. Wilmington Trust Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1955-12-28· cited 6×
• In Re Estate of Kessler
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-29· cited 5×
• Prestige Bank v. Investment Properties Group, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-23· cited 3×
• Marshall v. Land
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1967-02-24· cited 3×
• Smyth v. Cleveland Trust Co.
  Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court· 1959-09-30· cited 2×
• Burk Estate
  Montgomery County Orphans' Court· 1965-06-08· cited 1×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dolan's Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1924-03-10· cited 84×
• Windolph v. Girard Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1914-05-18· cited 56×
• Turner v. Scott
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1867-01-14· cited 48×
• Houston's Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1923-01-29· cited 38×
• McKean Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-01-02· cited 35×
• Frederick's Appeal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1866-06-25· cited 33×
• Rick's Appeal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1884-03-04· cited 21×
• Sheasley Trust
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-01-02· cited 17×
• Beaumont's Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1906-03-19· cited 13×