Greble's Estate

Citations

• 16 Pa. Super. 42

Syllabus

<p>Trust and trustees — Commissions—Jurisdiction of orphans' court.</p> <p>The orphans’ court has no jurisdiction over an apportionment of commissions among trustees.</p> <p>Trust and trustees — Retiring trustee — Tender of trust funds to continuing trustee.</p> <p>Where differences arise between an acting trustee and his two cotrustees, and the latter direct that no checks shall be paid, except upon the signature of all three trustees, and thereafter the acting trustee opens an account in another trust company in his own name as trustee, and all the moneys of the estate are kept in this account until the acting trustee files his final account and is discharged, a tender by the acting trustee to the cotrustees of a check on the second trust company signed by himself, and also a check on the first company, and requiring only the signatures of the cotrustees, the two checks aggregating the entire amount which the retiring trustee was required to pay over, is a good tender, and the cotrustees cannot compel the retiring trustee to pay the whole amount due by him out of the second account.</p>