Allen's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 131, Oct. T., 1903, by-Jessie A. Jameson, from decree of O. C. Mercer Co., June T., 1900, No. 9, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in estate of Francis Allen, deceased. Exceptions to report of W. W. More, Esq. From the auditor’s report it appeared that Francis Allen died on July 14,1897, leaving to survive him a widow and two children, Charles D. Allen and Jessie A. Jameson, both of full age. Letters of administration were issued to the children.
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Appeal, No. 131, Oct. T., 1903, by-Jessie A. Jameson, from decree of O. C. Mercer Co., June T., 1900, No. 9, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in estate of Francis Allen, deceased. Exceptions to report of W. W. More, Esq. From the auditor’s report it appeared that Francis Allen died on July 14,1897, leaving to survive him a widow and two children, Charles D. Allen and Jessie A. Jameson, both of full age. Letters of administration were issued to the children. The widow died on January 26, 1900. The decedent was not indebted to his children. Before the auditor it was shown that prior to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Brown,
Francis Allen died intestate July 14, 1897, leaving to sur*327vive him a widow, Elizabeth Allen, and two children, Charles B. Allen and Jessie A. Jameson, wife of David Jameson. Letters of administration on his estate were issued to his children. The widow died before distribution, and, by agreement, the whole estate was distributed directly to the two children, instead of awarding one third, in the first instance, to an administrator of their deceased mother. The controversy on distribution is confined to the two children and is limited to the contention of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Merkel's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
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