IN RE ESTATE OF McCREA


475 Pa. 383 (1977)

380 A.2d 773

In re ESTATE of Katherine Jane Wiest McCREA, Deceased. Appeal of W.H. McCREA, Jr., Individually and Iris W. McCrea, Executrix of the Estate of John McCrea, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Douglas, Jr., Carlisle, for appellant.

Martson & Snelbaker, William F. Martson, J. Wesley Oler, Jr., Carlisle, for appellee, Sarah McCrea Chapman Jones.

McNees, Wallace & Nurick, Richard W. Stevenson, Harrisburg, for appellee, Farmer's Trust Co., Admr. DBNCTA.

Before EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

The Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County dismissed objections to the final account of the executor of the estate of Katherine McCrea. The orphans' court found that a settlement agreement among the devisees of the McCrea Estate did not exist and imposed a surcharge upon the former executors. We affirm.1

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