Webb Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

This case presents a very narrow issue: does an Orphans’ Court have jurisdiction to compel realtors, who have been acting as agents of the administrators, to turn over to the administrators rents which they have collected from decedent’s realty since decedent’s death?

When John Webb, the decedent, died, intestate, on April 25, 1953, his estate was insolvent. The principal asset of the estate was an apartment house located at 3425-29 Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia, which was sold during the administration of the estate by order of the Orphans’ Court.

During…