Legal Opinion

Maier v. Henning

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 12, 1988No. Nos. 2488, 2526PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Judge:

This is a consolidated appeal from summary judgment which the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common *412Pleas of Carbon County granted in a declaratory judgment action.

We are asked to determine whether a general power of sale clause contained in a will may override an express limitation upon sale found in the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code1 (the Code). We are also asked to determine whether the failure to object to a petition to sell real estate at private sale may constitute a statutory joinder on the part of a specific devisee under a will. Since we find the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pennsylvania Gas & Water Co. v. Nenna & Frain, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Maier v. HenningSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  2. Maier v. HenningSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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