Legal Opinion

Tyson's Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 28, 1922No. Appeal, No. 193PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal, No. 193, Oct. T., 1922, by Edward T. Tyson, Jr., Administrator, from final decree of O. O. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1921, No. 521, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in the estate of Emma G-. Tyson, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Lamorelle, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court dismissed the exceptions to the adjudication and surcharged the administrator in the amount of $1,489. Defendant appealed.

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Appeal, No. 193, Oct. T., 1922, by Edward T. Tyson, Jr., Administrator, from final decree of O. O. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1921, No. 521, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in the estate of Emma G-. Tyson, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Lamorelle, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court dismissed the exceptions to the adjudication and surcharged the administrator in the amount of $1,489. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was the decree of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

This appeal is from the action of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County, surcharging the administrator of the estate of Mrs. Emma G. Tyson with the difference between the appraised value of decedent’s jewelry in March, 1920, when the inventory was taken, and the amount it actually brought at private sale in April, 1921.

The decedent was a widow. Her heirs were a son, the appellant, and a daughter, Mrs. Dewees. She left no debts to speak of and her personal estate consisted nearly altogether of money in bank and jewelry.

Shortly after the inventory was filed appellant…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Quinn's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Harper EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Burns EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Cumberland County · 1956
  4. Curran's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1933
  5. May EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Bedford County · 1948

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