Sinnott's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 354, Jan. T., 1910, by Clinton R. Sinnott, from decree of O. C. Montgomery Co., March T., 1910, No. 10, Nov. T., 1909, No. 20, sustaining exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Joseph F. Sinnott, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeal, No. 354, Jan. T., 1910, by Clinton R. Sinnott, from decree of O. C. Montgomery Co., March T., 1910, No. 10, Nov. T., 1909, No. 20, sustaining exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Joseph F. Sinnott, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. The material portion of the adjudication of Solly, P. J., was as follows: This leaves but one question open, that is, What is a fair and reasonable compensation for the executors, other than the Fidelity Trust Company? It was agreed that the testimony of Walter George Smith, Esq., taken at the audit of the first account, should be considered with the…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The testator appointed five executors of his will and had an agreement with one of them — the Fidelity Trust Company — as to the compensation it should receive for its services. On this appeal the question is as to the commissions to which the other four are entitled on the corpus of the estate, amounting to $2,503,099.95. They are to be allowed “just and reasonable compensation” for their services : Sinnott’s Est., 224 Pa. 333. They asked credit in their account for commissions at the rate of three and one-half per cent on the principal of the estate, and, in sustaining an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sinnott's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
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