Bell's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 78, April T., 1910, by Edward Sergeant, Trustee, from decree of C. P. Lawrence Co., Dec. T., 1906, No. 29, removing Trustee in Estate of John Bell, deceased. Petition to remove trustee. Before Porter, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was decree removing the trustee.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
This case comes up on an appeal from the decree of the court of common pleas removing the appellant as trustee of the estate devised to him under the will of John Bell. The jurisdiction of the court is not questioned and the only point contended for by the appellant is that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant the action of the court. The proceeding originated on the petition of two of the cestuis que trustent setting forth that the trustee had mismanaged the estate, was insolvent and had become an unfit person to execute or look after the duties of the trust and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Piper's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1852
- Perrett's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Wilson v. PennockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856