Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Rees

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 28, 1993No. 825 and 1249PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Judge:

Richard W. Roeder, (Roeder) senior partner in the law firm of Mahany, Roeder and Smith, in his capacity as executor and attorney for the estates of Sarah Henne Rees and John Nesbit Rees, appeals from the order directing Roeder to reimburse executor’s and attorneys’ fees in the sum of $269,006 to the John Nesbit Rees and Sarah Henne Rees Charitable Foundation (the Foundation). We vacate as to the amount of unpaid attorneys’ and executor’s fees plus interest and otherwise affirm the Orphans’ Court Order.

John Rees died testate on October 16, 1988, bequeathing his entire estate to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Williamson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Dorsett v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. In Re Estate of SonovickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Donegal Mutual Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Estate of GetzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of GenivivaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  2. In Re PadezaninSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. Estate of Philip Meriano, Deceased, Anita Panepinto, Administratrix v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
  4. In Re Estate of HarperSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  5. Michener v. Brady (In Re Brady)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1999

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