Case Name: Wilbur J. SIEBERT and Guy McKittrick, Administrators of the Estate of Marie Hanley, Deceased, v. James M. BIRD, Lee Hanley, Richard G. Leahy, Substitute Trustees Under the Declaration of Trust for Marie Hanley, Deceased, Leon J. Leahy and Manufacturers and Traders Company, Trustees Under Will of Gladys H. Leahy, Tullah Innes Hanley and Bennett Friedman, Surviving Executors of the Estate of Thomas Edward Hanley, James M. Bird and Ruth A. McCready, Executors of the Estate of J.W. Bird, William L. Hanley, Barbara L. Regan, Richard Leahy, William Bird, John E. Bird, James M. Bird, Thomas E. Bird, Joanne Bird Dorn, Jean Forster Dorn, Tullah Innes Hanley, and Leon J. Leahy. In re Irrevocable Inter Vivos Trust Agreement of William HANLEY, Deceased. Appeal of ADMINISTRATORS OF the ESTATE OF Marie HANLEY, John F. Dorn and Dale F. Dorn, Joint Executors of the Estate of Jean Forster Dorn, Deceased, Appeal of The HEIRS OF Anna H. BIRD, her children; James Bird, Thomas Bird, John Bird, Estate of Joanne Bird and Estate of William Bird
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1983-12-28
Citations: 503 Pa. 119
Docket Number: No. 35 W.D. Appeal Docket 1983; No. 36 W.D. Appeal Docket 1983
Parties: Wilbur J. SIEBERT and Guy McKittrick, Administrators of the Estate of Marie Hanley, Deceased, v. James M. BIRD, Lee Hanley, Richard G. Leahy, Substitute Trustees Under the Declaration of Trust for Marie Hanley, Deceased, Leon J. Leahy and Manufacturers and Traders Company, Trustees Under Will of Gladys H. Leahy, Tullah Innes Hanley and Bennett Friedman, Surviving Executors of the Estate of Thomas Edward Hanley, James M. Bird and Ruth A. McCready, Executors of the Estate of J.W. Bird, William L. Hanley, Barbara L. Regan, Richard Leahy, William Bird, John E. Bird, James M. Bird, Thomas E. Bird, Joanne Bird Dorn, Jean Forster Dorn, Tullah Innes Hanley, and Leon J. Leahy. In re Irrevocable Inter Vivos Trust Agreement of William HANLEY, Deceased. Appeal of ADMINISTRATORS OF the ESTATE OF Marie HANLEY, John F. Dorn and Dale F. Dorn, Joint Executors of the Estate of Jean Forster Dorn, Deceased,
Judges: Before ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 503
Pages: 119–122

Head Matter:
468 A.2d 1093
Wilbur J. SIEBERT and Guy McKittrick, Administrators of the Estate of Marie Hanley, Deceased, v. James M. BIRD, Lee Hanley, Richard G. Leahy, Substitute Trustees Under the Declaration of Trust for Marie Hanley, Deceased, Leon J. Leahy and Manufacturers and Traders Company, Trustees Under Will of Gladys H. Leahy, Tullah Innes Hanley and Bennett Friedman, Surviving Executors of the Estate of Thomas Edward Hanley, James M. Bird and Ruth A. McCready, Executors of the Estate of J.W. Bird, William L. Hanley, Barbara L. Regan, Richard Leahy, William Bird, John E. Bird, James M. Bird, Thomas E. Bird, Joanne Bird Dorn, Jean Forster Dorn, Tullah Innes Hanley, and Leon J. Leahy. In re Irrevocable Inter Vivos Trust Agreement of William HANLEY, Deceased. Appeal of ADMINISTRATORS OF the ESTATE OF Marie HANLEY, John F. Dorn and Dale F. Dorn, Joint Executors of the Estate of Jean Forster Dorn, Deceased,
at No. 35 W.D. Appeal Docket 1983.
Appeal of The HEIRS OF Anna H. BIRD, her children; James Bird, Thomas Bird, John Bird, Estate of Joanne Bird and Estate of William Bird
at No. 36 W.D. Appeal Docket 1983.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Sept. 15, 1983.
Decided Dec. 28, 1983.
Frederick W. Gallup, McDowell, McDowell, Wick & Daly, Bradford, for Adms. of Est. of Marie Hanley.
William Alvah Stewart, III, Howard D. Schwartz, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, for appellants John Dorn and Dale Dorn in No. 35 and for appellees in No. 36.
William C. Sennett, Knox, Graham, McLaughlin, Gornall & Sennett, Erie, Thomas C. Brown, Brown & Thiessen, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants in No. 36 and for appellees in No. 35 heirs of Anna H. Bird.
John J. Yoder, Smethport, for Tullah Hanley.
Robert J. Healy, Bradford, Pa., Ralph F. Scalera, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, for Trustees Under Irrev. Inter Vivos Trust Agreement of William L. Hanley.
Thomas F. Nelson, Pittsburgh, for Heirs of Gladys H. Leahy.
Robert M. Landis, Robert L. Freedman, for Dennis W. Hillier, Philadelphia, Guardian Ad Litem for Wm. L. Hanley, Jr.
William A. Webb, Deputy Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh.
Before ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
The judgment of the Superior Court, 307 Pa.Super. 153, 452 A.2d 1360, is affirmed.
ROBERTS, C.J., filed a dissenting opinion in which NIX and LARSEN, JJ., joined.