Legal Opinion
Robinson Protective Alarm Co. v. Bolger & Picker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 3, 1986No. 75 E.D. Appeal Docket 1985PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
The pivotal question raised in this appeal is the applicability of section 2 of the Uniform Fiduciaries Act (“UFA”), Act of May 31, 1923, P.L. 468, 7 P.S. § 6361, in a suit for indemnity and/or contribution sounding in assumpsit *119against a bank for the subsequent misapplication of funds surrendered to a fiduciary who was entitled to receive said funds. For the reasons that follow we conclude that section 2 was applicable and relieved appellant of liability for the subsequent misconduct of the fiduciary.
In January of 1973, the law firm of Bolger & Picker (“B & P”)…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Fox v. SwingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
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3Cited by38 opinions
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