Bell's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 73, April T., 1910; by Edward Sergeant, from decree of O. C. Lawrence Co., Dec. T., 1907,-No. 20, discharging him as trustee of the Estate of John Bell, deceased. Petition for the removal of an executor. Before Porter, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was decree removing executor.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
This case was argued with No. 78, April Term, 1910, ante, p. 60, and involves practically the same question as was raised in that appeal. The appellant was executor of the will of John Bell and two of the legatees instituted a proceeding in the orphans’ court to secure the removal of the executor for squandering and mismanaging the estate and for incompetence. The testimony taken in the proceeding to remove the appellant as trustee under the same will was offered in evidence in this proceeding and was considered by the court. The only question involved is the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Perrett's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
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