ALPERN v. FIDELITY-PHILA. TRUST CO.


403 Pa. 400 (1961)

Alpern, Attorney General, v. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 17, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Scott, with him Robert L. Rubendall, Augustus S. Ballard, John G. Harkins, Jr., and Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, for appellant.

Jack M. Cohen, Deputy Attorney General, with him Herman H. Krekstein, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Samuel Blaskey, Special Counsel, for appellee.

Before JONES C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, April 17, 1961:

This appeal involves a petition for payment into the State treasury, without escheat, alleged unclaimed funds now in the hands of the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company of Philadelphia. Through preliminary objections, Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company challenged the jurisdiction of the lower court, which objections were overruled. Fidelity appealed.

The questions raised by this appeal are substantially the same...

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