Crawford's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 106, Oct. T., 1915, by Alexander L. Crawford, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., Jan. T., 1909, No. 285, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Alexander L. Crawford, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeal, No. 106, Oct. T., 1915, by Alexander L. Crawford, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., Jan. T., 1909, No. 285, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Alexander L. Crawford, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Lamorelle, J., stated the facts to be as follows: Alexander L. Crawford, who died in 1908, bequeathed and devised his residuary estate unto his executors, in trust, to pay certain annuities, and the rest of the income to Ms grandson, Alexander L. Crawford, for life, and upon his death, ont of the principal, $30,000 to his wife and all else to snch children and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
We are not persuaded that the Orphans’ Court erred in making the order complained of. The expense of the bond provided by the substituted trustee is security for those who survived the cestui que trust, and take the principal estate, but it is also security to the cestui que trust, and is made necessary in the administration of the life estate as well as in the safeguarding of the interests of those who succeed to the fund. Generally speaking, the interest and not the principal of a trust fund must bear the expense of administering it: Spangler’s Est., 21 Pa. 335;…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Butterbaugh's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
- Spangler's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
3Cited by3 opinions
- Arata's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1926
- Griffith's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Washington County · 1935
- Hottel EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Bucks County · 1953