Legal Opinion

Estate of DeWolff

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 10, 1897No. Appeal, No. 481Published

Appeal, No. 481, Jan. T., 1896, by Frances Florida Innes et al., executors, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., assignees and trustees’ docket, 1866, No. 3, overruling exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to report of James L. Miles, Esq., auditor. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned were in overruling exceptions to auditor’s report.

1Opinion of the Court

Pee Cueiam,

In May, 1838, Miss Elizabeth Byerly, afterwards Mrs. DeWolff, conveyed all her real and personal estate to Samuel and Tobias Wagner in trust for the purposes specified in her deed. In 1866 the trustees filed their account which was duly confirmed by the court; and thereupon they resigned the trust, and the Girard Life Insurance Annuity and Trust Company, the appellee, was substituted in their stead. Afterwards, the cestui que trust, Miss Byerly, married George B. Innes who predeceased her. By him she had one child, Frances B. Innes, one of the appellants. Subsequently she married…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Donaldson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  2. Estate of HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  3. Penn Bank's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  4. Appeals of BedellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1878
  5. Logue's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883

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