Legal Opinion

In Re Testamentary Trust Created Under the Last Will & Testament of Ischy

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 30, 1980No. 88PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

The Scottdale Bank & Trust Company, trustee, appeals from the denial of certain compensation for the administration of two trusts. The orphans’ court refused compensation on the ground that appellant had waived its right to the disputed fees. Careful review convinces us that the record cannot support the orphans’ court’s conclusion and accordingly we reverse.

The present litigation began in October 1976 when appellee Lucile Keister Lindstrom filed four petitions in the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Orphans’ Court Division, challenging the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of BreyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Williamson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  3. Kline's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  4. Thompson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  5. In Re Estate of McCreaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  2. In Re Estate of SonovickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. In Re Estate of BrojackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Estate of Dembiec v. BoczarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Estate of GilbertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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