JOHNSON ESTATE

No. 410 of October, 1918.

51 Pa. D. & C. 2d 147 (1970)

Johnson Estate

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

September 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. S. Wells and Herbert S. Riband, Jr., and Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, for accountant.

Harry A. Kalish, amicus curiae.

Pace Reich, for City of Philadelphia.

James L. Price, representing the Attorney General, for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as parens patriae in charitable trusts.


KLEIN, Adm. J., September 24, 1970.

John G. Johnson, one of the greatest lawyers in the history of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, died April 14, 1917. Aside from his professional activities, his interest was centered principally in the collection of art objects. He assembled one of the most interesting and important private collections of his time, and when he drew his will in 1912 his primary...

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