ANDERSON ESTATE


373 Pa. 294 (1953)

Anderson Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 23, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Gaffney, with him Desmond J. McTighe and Duffy, McTighe & McElhone, for City, trustee.

Henry W. Maxmin, with him Daniel L. Quinlan, Jr., Myron Jacoby, Jacoby & Maxmin, William A. O'Donnell, Jr., and Rutter, O'Donnell & Mauger, for executors and trustees.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, March 23, 1953:

These appeals are in effect an appeal from a decree which amended an adjudication and an order for distribution.

William M. Anderson died possessed of an estate which was insufficient to pay his debts and taxes. He also had a life interest with a power of appointment in a Marital Deduction Trust created by his wife. The City of Philadelphia as trustee under the will of Stephen Girard, was a large creditor of Mr...

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