ESTATE OF STETSON


463 Pa. 64 (1975)

345 A.2d 679

ESTATE of John B. STETSON, Deceased, (two cases). Appeal of Thomazine Widdowson CLUM, and William Work Widdowson, Jr., in No. 627. Appeal of John B. STETSON, IV, et al.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cuthbert H. Latta, Morris R. Brooke, Christopher H. Gadsen, Philadelphia, for appellants Thomazine Widdowson Clum and William Work Widdowson, Jr.; Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, of counsel.

Samuel T. Swansen, Richard G. Schneider, Philadelphia, for John B. Stetson, IV, Georgia W. Diefendorf, Phoebe Stetson Stewart and Priscilla Stetson Odiorne; Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, of counsel.

John G. Harkins, Patricia L. Freeland, William Carson Bodine, Philadelphia, for appellee, The Fidelity Bank; Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, of counsel.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

John B. Stetson died on February 18, 1906. His will established a trust for the benefit of his wife, his two sons, and their issue. This case requires us to review a decree confirming an interim accounting filed by the Fidelity Bank of Philadelphia, the succeeding and remaining trustee of that trust.

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On September 16, 1970, Fidelity filed its third interim accounting in the Orphans' Court Division...

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