Bohlen's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia: In Equity : Of July Term 1872, No. 48. This was a bill filed November 3d 1871 by Richard C. McMurtrie against the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, Charles Vezin and Ferdinand Lorenz.
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Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia: In Equity : Of July Term 1872, No. 48. This was a bill filed November 3d 1871 by Richard C. McMurtrie against the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, Charles Vezin and Ferdinand Lorenz. The object of the bill was to declare that the defendants, the Pennsylvania Company, &c., participated with Charles Yezin in a breach of trust in allowing Vezin to transfer certain shares of their stock, held by him and others in trust for Johanna C. M. Halbach and Henrietta W. Halbach under the will of Bohl…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered February 24th 1874.
2Per curiam
In affirming this decree, it is proper to state explicitly we do not decide whether any implied power arose under the will of Bohl Bohlen which would enable the trustees to sell the stocks held as investments. We, therefore, do not affirm that portion of the opinion of the learned judge in the court below relating to this question, but leave the point unembarrassed by any decision for discussion when it shall arise again.
We agree with the court below that the power of attorney from Ferdinand Lorenz to Charles Lorenz and Charles…
3Cited by14 opinions
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