Goodwin v. Colwell

Citations

• 213 Pa. 614
• 63 A. 363
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 546

Syllabus

<p>Trusts and trustees — Trust ex maleficio — Executor—Power of sale — Decedents’ estates — Jurisdiction of equity — Jurisdiction of orphans’ court — Real estate.</p> <p>Where an executrix with a discretionary power of sale under a will containing no trusts, sells real estate situated in the county of decedent’s domicil, and wrongfully invests the proceeds thereof in her own name in real estate situated in another county, and thereafter leaves the state, the court of common pleas of the county wherein the purchased real estate is situated, has jurisdiction in equity to declare that the executrix holds such real estate as a trustee for the beneficiaries under the will.</p>