Estate of Stambaugh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAR BY FREDERICK GROTHE, TRUSTEE, FROM THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF YORK COUNTY. No. 33 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not given. On August 4, 1887, Emily L. Hartman and William H. Gardner, executors of the will of John Wolford, who was trustee of Moses Stambaugh, under the will of Philip Stam.baugh, deceased, settled a final account of the administration of the trust by their testator.
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APPEAR BY FREDERICK GROTHE, TRUSTEE, FROM THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF YORK COUNTY. No. 33 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not given. On August 4, 1887, Emily L. Hartman and William H. Gardner, executors of the will of John Wolford, who was trustee of Moses Stambaugh, under the will of Philip Stam.baugh, deceased, settled a final account of the administration of the trust by their testator. The accountants charged themselves with a trust fund amounting to $3,394.72, received by their testator from a former trustee, and took credit, inter alia, for the payment of $1,529.50, “…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mb. Chief Justice Paxson :
We are of opinion that the will of Philip Stambaugh created an active trust in favor of his son Moses. The language of this portion of said will is as follows:
“ And from the other aforesaid divided share of my estate all the just debts and claims that I have and hold against my son Moses Stambaugh are to be subtracted from the same, and the balance thereof is to be placed in the hands of Henry Shaffer, of Jackson township, whom I hereby appoint trustee for to hold the said sum for my son Moses Stambaugh; the said Henry Shaffer is to pay the interest yearly…
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