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IN RE ESTATE OF HAMILL

487 Pa. 592 (1980)

410 A.2d 770

In re ESTATE and Testamentary Trust of James Lyon HAMILL, II, Late of Highland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Deceased. Appeal of Grace L. HAMILL, Income Beneficiary.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Dean Lower, Hollidaysburg, for appellant.

George W. McKeag, Swarthmore, for appellee, Sarah R. Litchfield.

Thomas G. Ashton, Franklin L. Gordon, Coatesville, for appellee, Industrial Valley Bank and Trust Company.

Robert J. Dixon, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee, Attorney General, as parens patriae.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Grace L. Hamill is the widow of decedent, James Lyon Hamill II, and the life income beneficiary of a testamentary trust decedent created. Appellant primarily contends that appellee Industrial Valley Bank and Trust Company (IVB), executor of decedent's estate and trustee, acted improperly in its management of the trust and the administration of the estate. Appellant seeks the removal and surcharge of IVB because...

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