Collins's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 261, Oct. T., 1923, by John H. McMullen, from decree of O. O. Phila. Co., April T., 1923, No. 1137, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in the Estate of Catherine Collins deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Thompson, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court dismissed the exceptions. Claimant appealed. Error assigned, was, among others, decree of court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
This is an appeal from a decree of distribution. The court below awarded Agnes McMullen, the wife of a nephew of decedent, the sum of $700 for services rendered decedent as housekeeper and nurse during the last seventeen and a half months of the life of decedent. The appeal is by a nephew of decedent who is entitled to participate in the distribution of the fund, and assigns for error the allowance of said claim.
Catharine Collins died on June 13,1922, intestate, unmarried and without issue. As to the claim here involved the evidence disclosed the following facts: The…
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