Nixon's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 170, Oct. T., 1911, by William H. Nixon, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., July T., 1889, No. 127, dismissing petition for discharge as executor and trustee in Estate of Martin Nixon, deceased. Petition to be discharged as executor and trustee. Motion to certify the case to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This appeal is from the decree of the orphans’ court dismissing the appellant’s petition to be discharged as executor and trustee under the will of the testator, and to be permitted to withdraw from the possession and control of all of the assets of the said estate. Objection was made and filed in due season by the appellees to the jurisdiction of this court. The question is to be determined by clause (d) of sec. 7 of the act of June 24, 1895, P. L. 212, as amended by the act of May 5, 1899, P. L. 248. If the *260assets of the estate be regarded as the subject of the controversy within…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth ex rel. Henderson v. O'DonnellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Neubert v. Armstrong Water Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Warren Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Brower v. KantnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- Walker's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928