Estate of Halper

• Decision Date: 02 January 1980
• Citation: 409 A.2d 415,487 Pa. 408
• Parties: Estate of Esther HALPER, Deceased. Appeal of Selma KAPLAN.
• Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

409 A.2d 415

487 Pa. 408

Estate of Esther HALPER, Deceased. Appeal of Selma KAPLAN.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 2, 1980

Argued Dec. 13, 1979.

Milton D. Abowitz, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Jeanette Halper Shapiro, in pro. per.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

The decree of the court dismissing the petition for surcharge and removal of co-executrix Jeanette Halper Shapiro, is affirmed.

This matter having come on for argument before this Court on December 13, 1979, and it appearing that the orderly and speedy administration of the estate has been unduly and unnecessarily delayed, this cause is remanded to the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas with directions that the court order and direct the fiduciaries of the estate to administer the estate expeditiously so that a final account and schedule of distribution be filed without delay for adjudication by the court. See Pa.O.C. Rules, 2.1.

Each party to pay own costs.