Legal Opinion
Purman Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 24, 1947No. Appeals, 92 and 93PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,
These are two appeals by two attorneys-at-law from a decree of an orphans’ court refusing to allow them counsel fees out of a share of a distributee.
Testator devised and bequeathed his entire estate to an adult daughter and a minor son, expressly excluding his widoAV. The widow elected to take against the will.
We need not recite the details of the administration and settlement of the estate. It will suffice to state that friction developed between the daughter and mother. There was litigation over testator’s alleged liability on a bond and mortgage…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Griffey v. New York Central InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Harris's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Wahl v. StrousSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Love v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Murphy's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Recht v. Clairton Urban Redevelopment AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Wilcox v. RegesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Lohm EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Pentlong Corp. v. GLS Capital, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Employers Ins. v. Com., Dept. of Transp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
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