· 7/3/1980
In Re Estate of Dobson
Citations
- 417 A.2d 138
- 490 Pa. 476
- 1980 Pa. LEXIS 748
How courts have described this case
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- finding conflict of interest and directing imposition of surcharge against executor who used improper method to calculate value of decedent’s shares in S corporation, in which corporation executor’s wife was director, officer and stockholder
- “Where a conflict of interest or self-dealing is apparent from the circumstances, there is no need to demonstrate that the fiduciary acted in bad faith or with fraudulent intent. Such a conflict of interest may also justify the removal of the executor.”
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Kauffman
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