Legal Opinion
Bell's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 28, 1939No. Appeal, 137PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Hirt, J.,
The question in this appeal has to do with the construction of section 12(a) of the Fiduciaries Act of June 7,1917, P. L. 447, 20 PS 471 1 providing an exemption to a widow or children of a decedent. This section is founded upon the Act of April 14, 1851, P. L. 612, and is a codification of the earlier statutes with additions which have been written into the former acts by judicial construction. There is nothing in the Fiduciaries Act indicating that the legislature intended to change the existing law on the subject. The authorities construing these former statutes,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Appeal of KernsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Peebles's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Appeal of NyeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Estate of HenkelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Dillinger's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Brown v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Johnson v. Concord Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Lock EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Priester v. MillemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Davies' EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
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