Philadelphia Home for Incurables v. Philadelphia Saving Fund Society

The opinion of the court was delivered, by

Parker, J.

The respondent Philadelphia Saving Eund Society in 1911 loaned to George K. Breintnall, now deceased, the sum of $250,000 on his bond secured by a mortgage covering a large business building in Philadelphia at the corner of Thirteenth and Arch streets, known as the “telephone building.” The mortgage was never paid or foreclosed: Breintnall died testate in 1927, having been for many years a resident of Atlantic City in this state. His will was proved in Atlantic county, and the Orphans Court of that county has continuously exercised…