Johnson's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia, made on the settlement of the accounts of Isaac Norris, Esq., trustee of the estate of Ann Eliza Johnson.
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This was an appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia, made on the settlement of the accounts of Isaac Norris, Esq., trustee of the estate of Ann Eliza Johnson. The proceedings in the court below originated as follows: On the 13th of March, 1832, Ann Eliza Johnson executed a conveyance to Isaac Norris, Esq. of certain property, in trust to receive the interest and to pay the same over to her during her life, for her sole and separate use, maintenance and support, without being liable to her contract or for her debts; and after her death, then in…
1Per curiam
There is nothing in the statutes giving the Common Pleas jurisdiction of the accounts of trustees, which indicates an intention to give that court authority to distribute .the fund. The clause giving power to compel the trustees to reconvey at the expiration of the trust, has regard only to real estate, and was intended to give the party entitled an effective and indispensable remedy to enforce a reconveyance of the legal title. But no conveyance is necessary to pass the title to money; and it is consequently demand-able from the trustees as if the trust had never existed. Here the party…