Legal Opinion

Kennedy Trust

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 20, 1950No. Appeals, 133 and 209PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Jones,

The principal question on these appeals is whether the trustees under the inter vivos deed of trust, here involved, are entitled to compensation on corpus when their fiduciary duties in respect thereof terminated or, stated otherwise, are the trustees precluded by the terms of the trust instrument from claiming more for their services than the commission on income referred to in the trust indenture. The learned court below held that the compensation was expressly limited to the commission on income and entered a decree accordingly. Each of the trustees has…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Bosler's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  2. Constable's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  3. Commercial Trust Co. of N.J. v. SpiegelbergNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1934
  4. Commercial Trust Co. of N.J. v. MasonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1936
  5. In re Estate of HaysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Williamson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. In Re Testamentary Trust Created Under the Last Will & Testament of IschySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. In Re Fourteenth & Partial Account of REEDSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Estate of CahenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Ehret EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967

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