Legal Opinion

Cunningham's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 6, 1937No. Appeal, 186PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

The question presented to us by this record is: Did the trustee bind itself to account in full for the principal amount of cash and securities originally deposited with it? The accounting trustee, Peoples-Pittsburgh Trust Company, as successor to Dollar Savings and Trust Company, in August, 1926, was in possession of trust funds for the beneficiary, Cunningham. From these funds it then purchased for his account three mortgage bonds of the Doubleday-Hill Electric Company, aggregating $3,000. It appears that the trustee was likewise trustee under the indenture…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Roberts's Trust EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  2. Topham v. Potter Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Whitty's Trust Est. Frey's Trust Est.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dickson v. Commonwealth Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  2. Fortna v. Commonwealth Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  3. Lacy's Trust EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  4. Stevenson Funeral Home v. Kraynok, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County1971
  5. Dickson v. Commonwealth Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949

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