Pruner Estate

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the Commonwealth, acting through the Attorney General, retains the authority to oversee charitable trusts
• the task of the Attorney General is to represent the interests of the public in matters relating to trusts and charities
• discussing predecessor to present statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Milton Hershey School
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-28· cited 78×
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Brown
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1966-09-02· cited 48×
• Glenmede Trust Company v. Dow Chemical Company
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1974-10-25· cited 25×
• Robinson Township v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-07-26· cited 22×
• Coleman Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 21×
• Garrison Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-01-08· cited 21×
• In Re Milton Hershey School Trust
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-09-18· cited 21×
• In Re Bankruptcy Appeal of Allegheny Health, Education & Research Foundation
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1999-02-01· cited 19×
• Stephen Smith Home for the Aged, Inc. v. Mercy Douglass Center, Inc. (In Re Stephen Smith Home for the Aged, Inc.)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1987-12-10· cited 19×
• Voegtly Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-05-28· cited 19×
• Little Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-05-02· cited 18×
• In Re McCune
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-12-04· cited 16×
• Hicks Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-03-17· cited 14×
• In Re Milton Hershey School
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-31· cited 13×
• Nevil Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-03-17· cited 12×
• In Re Estate of Feinstein
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-19· cited 9×
• In Re: Estate of Davis, L., Appeal of: Sullivan, R
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-30· cited 9×
• Kay Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Citizens Alliance for Better Neighborhoods, Inc.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-10· cited 6×
• Estate of J. Vincent Bavol, Appeal of Schrader, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-07-28· cited 2×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fontain v. Ravenel
  Supreme Court· 1855-01-18· cited 91×
• Los Angeles County Pioneer Society v. Historical Society
  California Supreme Court· 1953-05-05· cited 75×
• Powell v. Shepard
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-04-18· cited 66×
• Hartley v. Langkamp
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1914-01-05· cited 63×
• Wiegand v. the Barnes Foundation
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-06-01· cited 31×
• Curry Appeal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-06-28· cited 18×
• Carlisle v. Delaware Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1953-10-24· cited 14×
• In Re Estate of Owens
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1953-03-10· cited 7×
• Craig v. Craig
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1919-04-21· cited 6×
• Trustees of the New Castle Common v. Gordy
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1952-09-04· cited 4×