In re McCanna
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 109, April T., 1921, by the Poor District of Kittanning Borough, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong County, Sept. T., 1917, No. 122, making distribution of a fund in the hands of the guardian of Margaret McCanna, a lunatic. Exceptions to guardian’s account. Before King, P. J. From the record it appeared that Margaret McCanna was found insane by a commission on October 17, 1908, and by order of court committed to the insane asylum at Warren, Pennsylvania.
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Appeal, No. 109, April T., 1921, by the Poor District of Kittanning Borough, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong County, Sept. T., 1917, No. 122, making distribution of a fund in the hands of the guardian of Margaret McCanna, a lunatic. Exceptions to guardian’s account. Before King, P. J. From the record it appeared that Margaret McCanna was found insane by a commission on October 17, 1908, and by order of court committed to the insane asylum at Warren, Pennsylvania. At that time she had a legal settlement in the Borough of Wickboro, now the Borough of Kittanning, and being a poor and indigent…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Linn, J.,
This is a proceeding under the Act of June 1, 1915, P. L. 661, entitled “An act relating to the maintenance of insane, feebleminded, and other persons confined in the various institutions of the Commonwealth; fixing liability for their support; providing for the collection of the moneys due the Commonwealth therefor, and for proceedings relating thereto.” Various phases of the obligations created thereby were considered in Arnold’s Est., Mansley’s Est. and Com. v. Evans, reported in 253 Pa. 517, 522 and 524, respectively; in Hoffmann’s Case, 258 Pa. 343, and in Harnish’s…
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- Harnish's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- Arnold's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
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- In re HoffmannSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- Estate of ClaghornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
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