Burke Appeal

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Chidsey,

This is an appeal from the final decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County dismissing exceptions to the restated account 1 of Earl Y. McLaughlin and William A. Bissell, substituted trustees, under an agreement dated September 19, 1940, executed by and between Walter R. Burke, E. Y. McLaughlin and Lee P. Stark.

In 1934 the appellant, Walter R. Burke, was the principal owner of an extensive tract of land in Jefferson Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, known generally as Moosic Lake. Out of the entire property which consisted of about 3,000…