Legal Opinion
In Re Barnes Foundation
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 9, 1996No. 2620; 2621PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Judge.
This appeal is brought from an Order of the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, refusing to accept a settlement proposed by appellant, The Barnes Foundation, and appellees, the Trustees of The de Mazia Trust. We reverse.
The full procedural history is extensive but nonetheless relevant to an understanding of the relationship between these parties. In his opinion in support, the Honorable Stanley R. Ott ably summarized that history which we here reproduce.
On March 20, 1991, the Board of Trustees under the trust indenture and agreement executed…
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