Legal Opinion

Curran's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 18, 1933No. Appeal, 185PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion, by

Me. Justice Linn,

June 30, 1933:

Three complaints are made: 1, that the court refused to hold that an investment made by accountants was not a legal investment; 2, that the court refused to surcharge accountants with loss resulting from failure to convert into legal investments certain nonlegal investments made by the testator; 3, that the fund for distribution was awarded to the executor of the donee of the power and not to the donee's appointees.

Henry B. Curran died in 1907. By his will, the part of his estate here involved passed to accountants (The Pennsylvania Company for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Taylor's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  3. Lyon v. AlexamderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  4. Brown's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Commonwealth v. McConnellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Wilbur's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Harton's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  3. Perkins's Trust EstateCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 1934
  4. MacFarlane's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  5. Clabby's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940

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