Court Opinion

ID: 9756259
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 21:18:58.707015+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:57:19.246968
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Me. Justice Cohen:
I am convinced that the testator intended that the trust estate be divided equally among his three children, which interest clearly became vested in each of the testator’s surviving children under item “Third” of the Avill. The concluding paragraph of that item does not amount to a limitation on the vested interest because it is a fundamental rule that an absolute estate Avill not be diminished by subsequent words of doubtful meaning. See Freeman’s Estate, 281 Pa. 190, 195, 126 Atl. 270 (1924). That paragraph requires only that the deceased child’s share be “paid” to his surviving children and simply refers to the income of the trust that had been enjoyed by the deceased child prior to the child’s death. I, therefore, would reverse.