Legal Opinion

Trout v. Lukey

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 4, 1961No. Appeal, 33PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Bok,

This is plaintiff’s appeal from the sustaining of preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer to an amended complaint in equity.

The complaint avers that plaintiff, as executor of the Estate of Walenty Fleszar, confessed judgment against defendants on a judgment note for $12,500 dated June 28, 1954, and given by them to Pleszar before his death, which occurred on February 16, 1957. The husband defendant then filed a claim against the Estate based on an unrecorded judgment note dated January 19, 1953, for $29,987. Shortly before the hearing in Orphans’ Court on…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Board of Directors of City TrustsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Mauser v. Mauser Et Ux.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  3. Thomas v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  4. Gilbert EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  5. Stemple v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Balazick v. Dunkard-Bobtown Municipal AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. In re Estate of WestinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Cole v. WellsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  4. Estate of CiuccarelliSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Horner v. First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963

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