Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Johnson

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County

Decided August 2, 1985No. 81-19435Published

1Opinion of the Court

WRIGHT, J.,

— Following the issuance of a writ of execution on November 30, 1984, in the nature of a garnishment and the service of interrogatories addressed to the executrix of the estate, the executrix filed answers thereto asserting defendant-judgment debtor and a named beneficiary of the estate had no interest therein. This situation existed, not because there were insufficient assets, but-because after service but prior to the filing of answers the beneficiary on December 10, 1984, filed a disclaimer of his $6,000 legacy. We are asked to declaré the disclaimer filed in orphans’ court to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Posner v. SheridanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. In Re the Accounting of WilsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
  3. Overbrook Heights Building & Loan Ass'n v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Estate of ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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