Legal Opinion

Heinz's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 28, 1933No. Appeal, 207PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

The Fidelity Title and Trust Company of the City of Pittsburgh, a corporation of this Commonwealth, whose place of business is in that city, is the trustee of a fund of $600,000, deeded by appellee to it. Admittedly, “settlement of accounts of trustees of trusts inter vivos,” is subject to the jurisdiction of the orphans’ court by the Act of June 26, 1931, P. L. 1384, 1385. Hence, settlement of the accounts in this trust estate is within the jurisdiction of the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny County.

Asserting, for the reasons set forth in his petition in that court,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pennington v. Fourth National Bank of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. Appeal of the Odd Fellows Savings BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
  3. Douglas's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  4. App v. DreisbachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1830
  5. Lorch's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Wormley EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  2. Crisswell's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Slagle's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Estate of ShellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Estate of HahnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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