Segall Estate

Opinion Sur Exceptions

Bolger, J.,

Several certificates, aggregating 587 shares of Broad Street Trust Company common stock, were found in the safe deposit box of Charles Segall following his death. They were registered in his name as trustee. With the exception of five shares of stock, all of the certificates were dated April 29, 1953. Exceptant claimed that these shares belonged to the testamentary estate of Charles Segall.

Reference to the testimony shows that there was a deed of trust created April 16, 1953, the corpus of which was to be $14,000. The terms of this trust were almost identical…