Legal Opinion

Puterbaugh's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 22, 1918No. Appeal, No. 52PublishedCited by 52 opinions

Appeal, No. 52, Jan. T., 1918, by H. P. Robins and Edwin Robins, from decree of O. C. Monroe Co., dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Isaac T. Puterbaugh, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Sando, P. J., specially presiding. The facts appear by' the opinion of the Supreme Court. The lower court dismissed exception^ to the adjudication. H. P. Robins and Edwin Robins appealed. Error assigned, among others, was the decree of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stewart,

Isaac T. Puterbaugh, late of Monroe County, died 26th March, 1889, testate, leaving to survive him a son, Harrison S., who at that time was about forty years of age, married, but without children. This son, Harrison S., died intestate 26th May, 1916, leaving a widow, no natural born child or children, but an adopted child, Edna, who had been adopted by him under a decree of court of 29 th May, 1894, and is here the appellee, now Mrs. Edna Puterbaugh Marsh. By the will of Isaac T. Puterbaugh, he directed, inter alia, as follows: “Fifth, All the rest and residue of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Schafer v. EneuSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
  2. Commonwealth v. NancredeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1859
  3. Estate of HuntPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Lehigh County · 1890

3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Sontheimer v. PierceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Tafel EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. In Re Trust Under Will of HoldenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
  4. Mooney v. TollesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
  5. Collins EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958

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