Legal Opinion

Berkowitz's Estate (No. 1)

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 14, 1942No. 1; Appeals, 255 and 257PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

Tbe questions here involved arose upon exceptions to the first and partial account filed by the widow of Bernard or Benjamin Berkowitz, deceased, as administratrix of the decedent’s estate.

Decedent died intestate on October 12, 1934, a resident of Exeter, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, leaving to survive him his widow, Celia Berkowitz, who is also administratrix, and three sisters. At the time of decedent’s death there was a savings account in the Miners Savings Bank of Pittston, Pennsylvania, standing in the names of “B. Berkowitz or wife Celia.” The account…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mader v. StemlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  2. Wilbur Trust Co. v. KnadlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Geist v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Bostrom v. Nat. Bk. of McKeesportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Holmes EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Gallagher EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  3. Brennen v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1945
  4. Constitution Bank v. OlsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  5. Cribbs EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963

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