Ostroff v. Yaslyk

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

This case presents the question of whether a fund awarded by an orphans’ court to the Commonwealth as custodian to be held for an Iron Curtain distributee is subject to foreign attachment in the County Court of Philadelphia by persons seeking to recover legal fees for their services as counsel for the distributee.

Dymytry Yaslyk died December 20, 1956, intestate, a resident of Philadelphia County. The Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia found that he was survived by a brother, Ilko, who resides in Russia, and that he had another brother, Michael, whose whereabouts was…