BELL ESTATE


393 Pa. 623 (1958)

Bell Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 29, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rowland C. Evans, Jr., with him Robert S. Gawthrop, Jr., Krusen, Evans & Shaw, and Gawthrop & Greenwood, for appellant.

William White, Jr., with him Thomas S. Weary, John O. Platt, Jr., Duane, Morris & Heckscher, and MacElree & Platt, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, ARNOLD, JONES and COHEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN, September 29, 1958:

The question for determination on this appeal is whether the corporate co-executor of the estate either abused its discretion or violated any provision of law in charging counsel fees incurred in connection with the administration of the estate against the income of a residuary trust rather than the principal thereof.

C. Herbert Bell died on January 30, 1954, leaving...

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