Harker's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 251, Jan. T., 1896, by Ellena B. White, from decree of O. C. Berks Co., dismissing petition to award a fund to a trustee. Petition for the payment of a fund to a trustee alleged to have been appointed by a deed of trust. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court, and by reference to Harker’s Estate, 167 Pa. 197. Error assigned was in dismissing petition.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The contention on this appeal relates to the custody of a fund belonging to Ellena B. White, and awarded by the orphans’ court of Berks county on the 20th of November, 1894, to the Pennsylvania Trust Company in trust for her. The award was based on a finding by the court that the said Ellena B. White by reason of mental imbecility was incapable of managing her estate, and that it was necessary for her protection that the fund should be held in trust for her benefit until appropriate proceedings could be taken to secure her interest. On an appeal to this Court,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- White's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
3Cited by4 opinions
- Wheelock v. WheelockSupreme Court of Vermont · 1931
- Fox v. CorrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- In re Altland, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County1942
- Wunder's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Berks County · 1946