Thompson's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, P. J.,
The question presented by this appeal is, really, a very narrow one. It is whether the Orphans’ Court of Delaware County was guilty of an abuse of discretion in refusing to impound the sum of $500 to await the outcome of an action brought by the appellant, the City of Philadelphia, 'in the Municipal Court of Philadelphia County to recover $276.17 personal property taxes alleged to be due by the Estate being distributed.
In the circumstances here present we are of opinion that the court below was not guilty of an abuse of discretion.
Justice M. Thompson, a resident of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hammett's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
- Kittera's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
- Tourison's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Piper's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Bull's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1855
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Dorrance's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Courlaender's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Pavlick Et Ux. v. ZellermeyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Ferrar EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- J. M. Hoober, Inc. v. Shillow, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County1940
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