Parke's Case
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 108, Oct. T., 1909, by the managers for the Relief and Employment of the Poor of the Township of Germantown, from order of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., March T., 1909, No. 2,805, appointing temporary receiver and decreeing allowance in Re Francis H. B. Parke, a Lunatic. Petition for appointment of temporary receiver. Petition for allowance.
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Appeal, No. 108, Oct. T., 1909, by the managers for the Relief and Employment of the Poor of the Township of Germantown, from order of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., March T., 1909, No. 2,805, appointing temporary receiver and decreeing allowance in Re Francis H. B. Parke, a Lunatic. Petition for appointment of temporary receiver. Petition for allowance. From the record it appeared that Francis H. B. Parke, a lunatic, committed to the State Hospital for the Insane at Norristown at the expense of the Germantown Poor District, had an estate of about $240 in cash. The court entered the following…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The record does not disclose any facts which require a reversal of the order appealed from. The case originated under the Act of May 28, 1907, P. L. 292, providing for the appointment of a guardian for insane, feeble-minded or epileptic persons unable to care for their property, on the petition of the wife of the alleged lunatic. Pending a hearing on the primary order the court appointed a temporary receiver of the estate. Whether this should be done or not was a matter resting in the sound discretion of the court having jurisdiction of the case. The principal object…
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- Kennedy v. Poor DistrictSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900