Williamson Estate

Concurring Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

July 3, 1951:

Mr. Justice Stearns has written a very able exposition of the existing law and has decided that the Act of April 10, 1945, is not retroactive and therefore the decree of the Orphans’ Court must be affirmed. With all of this I fully concur; but at that point we part.

This was a test case to secure increased compensation for a trustee who had also been executor, as well as to secure interim commissions on principal; incidentally involved were a number of related and important questions. These questions or problems have been vexing fiduciaries,…