Frickert v. Deiter Bros. Fuel Co., Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This appeal arises from an action in equity between appellee James F. Frickert and appellants James A. Deiter and William A. Deiter concerning ownership of shares of Deiter Bros. Fuel Co., Inc. Appellee claims that, pursuant to a shareholders’ restrictive agreement he is entitled to purchase one-third of the shares of fuel company stock held by appellants.

Appellants contend: (1) that section 711 of the Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries Code 1 vests exclusive j urisdiction over this action in the orphans’ court division and that therefore the equity…