Edson v. Norristown-Penn Trust Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

Katharine S. Edson, appellant, filed her bill in equity to secure, in the alternative, (1) termination of an irrevocable deed of trust of which she was settlor, (2) removal of trustee, or (3) determination that powers given to trustee as regards the exercise of voting rights were void as being against public policy. This appeal is from the decree of the court below sustaining preliminary objections to the bill.

Adam Scheidt in 1922 was the owner of all the capital stock of the Adam Scheidt Brewing Company (hereinafter called company), Norristown, Pennsylvania,…