Legal Opinion
Lerch Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 22, 1960No. Appeal, 12PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,
This is an appeal from the refusal of the Orphans’ Court of Berks County to surcharge Berks County Trust Company of Reading (herein called Trust Company) for alleged negligence in its administration of a trust estate created by the will of Joseph S. Lerch, deceased.
Joseph S. Lerch died on January 8, 1935. Under his will he created a trust of his residuary estate under which trust the net income was to be paid to Daisy B. Lerch, his widow, during her lifetime, and, upon her death, the balance of his estate was to be divided into four (4) equal parts; (a)…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Lutherland, Inc. v. DahlenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Noonan EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Detre's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- Dempster's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- Tracy, Co-Trustees v. Central Tr. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
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3Cited by27 opinions
- In Re Estate of EllisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Nick Dardovitch v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc., Mark S. Haltzman, in No. 98-1421 Nick Dardovitch v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc., Mark S. Haltzman, in No. 98-1422 Nick Dardovitch in No. 98-1452 v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Lohm EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Killey TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Dardovitch v. HaltzmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
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