Legal Opinion
Lewis Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 20, 1944No. Appeal, 182PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Horace Stern,
This appeal questions the imposition upon a testamentary trustee of a surcharge arising out of an allegedly improper investment of the trust fund and general mismanagement of the trust estate.
William B. Lewis died in 1925. In his will he bequeathed the sum of $15,000 to Dime Trust and Safe Deposit Company of Shamokin, Pa., in trust to invest the same in “good, safe, income hearing securities,” and to pay the net income for the use, benefit and education of his grandson Jacob Bauer Neihoff for a profession of his choice, with authority to the trustee, if the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kenin's Trust Estate (No. 1)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Wilbur's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Kline's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Tracy, Co-Trustees v. Central Tr. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Stirling's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Charles R. Peterson, in No. 80-2662 v. Crown Financial Corporation, a Corporation, in No. 80-2663Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Flagg EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Estate of AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Jones EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Nedd v. United Mine Workers of AmericaDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
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