Legal Opinion

Kasula Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 25, 1974No. Appeal, No. 79PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

In 1972, appellants petitioned the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny *64County to set aside a 1969 decree of distribution. The court refused the requested relief and dismissed the petition. We affirm.

On June 25, 1949, decedent, Mihaly Kasula, then a resident of the Soviet Union, died intestate. For a number of years decedent had resided in Allegheny County and had been employed by the United States Steel Corporation. His estate’s only asset was $2,949.80 in the corporation’s pension fund. Letters of administration were granted to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Zschernig v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Pusey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  3. Link's Estate (No. 1)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  4. Mintz TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  5. Bokey EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In Re: Estate of Stanley, W. Appeal of: Spriggs, JSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. MacCarthy Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1979

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