Estate of Nathans
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 295, Jan. T., 1898, by Rebecca N. M. Nathans, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1897, No. 156, dismissing petition to remove trustee. Petition to remove trustee. By testator’s will the residue of his estate, aggregating some $200,000, was to be held by the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities and a cotrustee, in trust, to pay the income to the widow for life, with remainder over.
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Appeal, No. 295, Jan. T., 1898, by Rebecca N. M. Nathans, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1897, No. 156, dismissing petition to remove trustee. Petition to remove trustee. By testator’s will the residue of his estate, aggregating some $200,000, was to be held by the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities and a cotrustee, in trust, to pay the income to the widow for life, with remainder over. After the executor’s account had been settled, and the estate had been put into the hands of the trustees, the widow, Rebecca N. M. Nathans, filed a petition setting…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chief Justice Steeeett,
This appeal is from the decree of the court below dismissing appellant’s petition in a proceeding under the act of April 9, 1868, entitled “ An act to authorize the court of common pleas *409and orphans’ court of the city of Philadelphia to appoint and remove trustees,” which provides as follows: “ When any trust now exists or is hereafter created, the cestuis que trust, or a majority of them having the life estate, shall have the right to elect or choose trustees to execute said trusts, and upon petition of the cestuis que trust or parties in interest as…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Marsden's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Stevenson's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
3Cited by3 opinions
- Neafie's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Mathues's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Tiffany's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Susquehanna County · 1924