Legal Opinion

Garrison Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 8, 1958No. Appeals, 365 and 382PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin B. Jones,

This appeal arises from the refusal of an Orphans’ Court to appoint an additional trustee, resident in Pennsylvania, to serve with a non-resident testamentary trustee to handle and expend funds of the trust for certain community purposes.

Forest L.- Garrison, a resident of West Virginia, died testate, on November 26, 1934. Under his will he appointed the Kanawha Banking and Trust Company of Charleston, West Virginia, as trustee “to carry out all of the provisions of [his]- will’’. The pertinent provisions of the Will are as follows: “The residue of the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Fire Insurance Patrol v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
  2. Fontain v. RavenelSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Minerd v. MargiottiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  4. Pruner EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  5. Abel v. Girard Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. BrownDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
  2. Glenmede Trust Company v. Dow Chemical CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Stephen Smith Home for the Aged, Inc. v. Mercy Douglass Center, Inc. (In Re Stephen Smith Home for the Aged, Inc.)District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Voegtly EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Coleman EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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