Appeal of Wanger
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Chester county: Of July Term, 1883, No. 132. Appeal of Abraham Wanger, guardian of William Lewis, a minor, from a decree of said court, dismissing his exceptions to the report of an auditor, appointed to audit the account of the administrator of Margaret Lewis’, deceased, and to report distribution of tbe funds in said administrator’s hands, and distributing the fund.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Chester county: Of July Term, 1883, No. 132. Appeal of Abraham Wanger, guardian of William Lewis, a minor, from a decree of said court, dismissing his exceptions to the report of an auditor, appointed to audit the account of the administrator of Margaret Lewis’, deceased, and to report distribution of tbe funds in said administrator’s hands, and distributing the fund. Before the said auditor (John H. Brinton, Esquire), the following facts appeared: William Lewis, who was owner of a certain house and lot in West Chester, borrowed §1000 from one Joshua N.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was filed February 25,1884.
2Per curiam
The learned judge made the proper distinction between King’s Appeal, 3 Norris, 345, and Himes’ Appeal 13 Id., 381. In the former case the contention was between the surviving husband on the one side, and the children of his deceased wife on the other side. The attempt was to take from him property of his wife which the statute expressly gave him. We declared the Act did not intend to apply to the property of a wife. In the latter case the question did not relate to the distribution of the property of a wife, but to the property of a widow.…
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Bell's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1938
- Bell's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1938
- Citizens Trust Co. v. Funt, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Adams County1935
- Gravatt's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1944
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