Estate of Tarr
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, April T., 1899, by Nancy Tarr, from order of C. P. Crawford Co., Aug. T., 1875, No. 112, directing payment of counsel fee. Opinion by Orlady, J. Petition of Nancy Tarr, committee, for revocation of order directing payment of counsel fee.
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Appeal, No. 48, April T., 1899, by Nancy Tarr, from order of C. P. Crawford Co., Aug. T., 1875, No. 112, directing payment of counsel fee. Opinion by Orlady, J. Petition of Nancy Tarr, committee, for revocation of order directing payment of counsel fee. Before Thomas, P. J. It appears from the record that in the matter of the estate of George A. W. Tarr, an habitual drunkard, proceedings had been instituted by tbe daughters of the habitual drunkard which resulted in the removal of Nancy Tarr as committee of the person, in the settlement of the account and the betterment of the security of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Ojrlady, J.,
It is neither important nor interesting to go over in detail all of the facts involved in this unfortunate family quarrel, as the *557only question for our decision is the one raised by the second assignment of error. When, in August, 1875, George A. W. Tarr was duly adjudged an habitual drunkard he became a ward of the court, and its power and control over his person and the estate to which he was then entitled has continued without diminution.
The Act of June 13, 1836, P. L. 589, and its supplements establish a mode of procedure by which a committee can be appointed for a…
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