Peterson's Estate

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

The orphans’ court is a court of limited jurisdiction, having only those powers expressly given it by statute: Mains’s Est., 322 Pa. 243, 246, 247, 185 A. 222; Watson’s Est., 314 Pa. 179, 181, 170 A. 254; Cutter’s Est., 286 Pa. 505, 506, 507, 134 A. 489; Farrer v. Denning, 11 Pa. Superior Ct. 62, 65; Schnepf’s Est., 48 Pa. Superior Ct. 580, 582; Cunningham’s Est., 75 Pa. Superior Ct. 190, 192. While it is a constitutional court (Art. v. sec 1; Art. v, sec. 9), the provision in the present Constitution (Art. v, sec. 22) respecting its jurisdiction is ¡as follows:

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