Hunt's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1876, No. 144. Appeal by Catharine Hunt, guardian of Leonora Jackson, minor child of James Jackson, deceased, from the decree of the court in the matter of the account of the administrator of said decedent.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1876, No. 144. Appeal by Catharine Hunt, guardian of Leonora Jackson, minor child of James Jackson, deceased, from the decree of the court in the matter of the account of the administrator of said decedent. At the audit'of the estate before Hanna, J., Mary Jane Jackson claimed to be allowed $300, under the Act of 1851, and also one-third of the estate, as the widow of said decedent, who had died intestate. It was denied that she had ever been his wife. It appeared that decedent was married to the claimant in 1871, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
Mary Jane Jackson, the appellee, claimed $300 out of the balance in the hands of the accountant, under the Act of 1851, and also one-third of the estate as widow, the decedent having died intestate. Her claim was allowed by the Orphans’ Court; hence this appeal.
The facts have been clearly found by the learned judge of the Orphans’ Court. They are as follows: The decedent was married to Mary Jane Dongcake (alleged widow), July 23d 1871. At that time decedent had a wife living, from whom he had been separated for several years. After his second marriage, he and the said Mary Jane went to…
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