In re Escheat of Funds Under Control of Federal District Court

Crumlish, J.,

1. This petition for escheat was filed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Philip Klein, its escheator. The petition sets forth the escheator’s commission and authority and the acts of assembly under which the Commonwealth claims the fund in dispute. It is further alleged that in certain bankruptcy cases in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dividends were directed to be paid to the creditors of the respective bankrupts; that certain of these dividends were not paid because the whereabouts of the persons entitled thereto were…