McManus's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 332, Jan. T., 1904, by Reading Trust Company, Executor of Caroline McManus, deceased, from decree of O. C. Berks Co., dismissing petition for citation to account in Estate of Caroline McManus, deceased. Petition for citation. Before Bland, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the petition.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
Caroline McManus died September 4, 1903. To her will, executed November 9, 1885, she added five codicils. By the first, dated January 31, 1888, she appointed the Reading Trust Company, the appellant, her executor, and by the second, dated January 27, 1889, she named her son, Francis P. McManus, coexecutor with it. Five days after her death the following note was addressed to the trust company :
“ Reading, Pa., Sept. 9, 1903.
“ To The Reading Trust Company,
“ Dear Sirs : The late Caroline McManus left a will in which her son Francis P. McManus and The Reading Trust *269Comp…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wood v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- De Haven v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
- Wickersham's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Wilson's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
3Cited by5 opinions
- Minder v. GrayMontana Supreme Court · 1954
- In Re Minder's EstateMontana Supreme Court · 1954
- Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Security Trust Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1923
- McManus's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Stone's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Mercer County · 1946