Legal Opinion

Darrah's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided May 19, 1939No. 3853 of 1938Published

1Opinion of the Court

Ladner, J.,

Decedent died in 1913, and two persons, Shaffer and Dooley, were appointed administrators. No inventory or account has ever been filed. Shaffer died in 1936. This is a citation directed to the executor of Shaffer’s will and to Dooley to show cause why an inventory and account should not be filed. Petitioner is a daughter of the decedent and entitled to a share of his estate. She came of age in 1917. Petitioner alleges inquiries with regard to the estate beginning in 1923 directed to Chester N. Farr, Jr., attorney for the administrators “without obtaining any satisfactory result”;…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. First National Bank v. Lytle Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Bangert v. Provident T. Co., Exr.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  3. Cannon's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Henry's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  5. Estate of BearSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899

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