Legal Opinion

Long's Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 17, 1911No. 1; Appeal, No. 28PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal, No. 28, Oct. T., 1910, by Carrie Tyler Cash, from, decree of O. C. Bradford Co., May T., 1909, No. 22, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of Fanny E. F. Long, deceased. Exceptions to report of Henry Streeter, Esq., auditor. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Errors assigned were in dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Head, J.,

The testatrix died seized and possessed of considerable property, both real and personal. In her lifetime she had *476been active and successful in its management and was familiar with the ordinary contract and conveyances usual and necessary in the management and disposition of property. Prior to July 24, 1902, she was the owner, inter alia, of a tract of land in the borough of Athens, Bradford county, which then contained about seventy acres. As to the portion of that tract west of Elmira street and extending thence to the Chemung river, there is no doubt that it was used as…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Longwell v. BentleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
  2. Bender v. LuckenbachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  3. Foster v. HarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1849
  4. Leiper's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
  5. In re Drenkle's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1846

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Paul's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930

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