Legal Opinion

Hennessy Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided December 5, 1952No. 3349 of 1951Published

1Opinion of the Court

Hunter, J.,

The question involved in these exceptions is whether a creditor of decedent has rebutted the presumption of payment of a judgment over 20 years old.

On December 20, 1925, Kathryn V. Hennessey, decedent, and John J. Hennessey, her husband, executed a bond and warrant in. the principal amount of $1,500 in favor of South Hollywood Building Association of Philadelphia.

On July 26, 1929, South Hollywood Building Association of Philadelphia entered judgment on the bond and warrant.

The judgment has never been satisfied of record.

The books of the association show no payment of the debt.

The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Conrad's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Frey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  3. Corn v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  4. Lefever's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  5. Hummel v. LillySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898

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