Estate of Bartol
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 421, Jan. T., 1896, by Henry W. Bartol et al., from decree of O. C. Delaware Co., overruling exceptions to auditor’s report.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
In the case of Webb’s Appeal, 165 Pa. 330, we reviewed at some length the law as to the liability of trustees to be surcharged for loss arising from alleged negligence or fault in the administration of their trust estates. It ought not to be necessary to restate the law on this subject, as it prevails in Pennsylvania, because it is so perfectly well settled and so entirely free from doubt. But as we are not able to reconcile the decision of the present contention with the law as we understand it, we will be obliged to make reference to some at least of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Neff's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Estate of WebbSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Chambersburg Saying Fund Association's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
- Fahnestock's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
- Estate of CridlandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
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- Kline's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Musser's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Clabby's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Elliott EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
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