HAND ESTATE


384 Pa. 451 (1956)

Hand Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 13, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Price, with him James W. Scanlon, Minturn T. Wright, III and Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Rhoads, for appellants.

C.H. Welles, III, with him Esdras F. Howell and Welles & Mackie, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, BELL, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, March 13, 1956:

David Bishop Hand died in 1923 leaving a widow, a son Cromwell and a daughter Mrs. Dean. Dr. Hand's widow died in 1950 and his son on March 16, 1953. A Third Partial Account of the trustee under the will of Dr. Hand was filed because of the death of testator's son. The Court below awarded to the Estate of testator's son, F. Cromwell Hand, one-half of the royalties in excess of $18,000 a year which were received under...

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