Legal Opinion

Landis' Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Lancaster County

Decided January 10, 1935No. 1; no. 31Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appel, P. J.,

Elmina C. Landis died intestate on September 2, 1932, leaving to survive her a son, Samuel M. Landis, sole heir. For many years, from February 2,1923, up to the day of her death, decedent was an inmate of the Lancaster County Hospital, duly committed to that institution as a weak-minded person.

The account of the Farmers Trust Company of Lancaster, her guardian, was filed in the court of common pleas on September 17, 1932, showing a balance of $4,-347.22. After the death of decedent this balance was paid to Samuel M. Landis, administrator, who filed his account May 18, 1934,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Phillips's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  3. Erisman v. Directors of the PoorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1864
  4. Weeks v. MansfieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
  5. Brink v. MarshSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913

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