Legal Opinion

General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corporation's Appeal

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

Decided July 27, 1938No. 2; no. 3565Published

1Opinion of the Court

Sloane, J.,

We have already given our reasons for sustaining the action of the board of revision of taxes and dismissing the appeal of the General *485Accident company. Our opinion is reported in 32 D. & C. 118.

We see no reason for changing our view. Under the agreement between the parties, the Girard Trust Company holds the securities for the benefit of policyholders of the General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corporation; this amounts to an active trust. “ ‘Property held in trust should be assessed to the trustee where he resides’: Guthrie v. Ry., 158 Pa. 433”: Cumberland County v. Lemoyne…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cumberland County v. Lemoyne Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  2. Miller's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

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