Bean's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 78, Jan. T., 1919, by David H. Bean et al. from decree of O. C. Bucks Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in Estate of Prank Bean, deceased. Exceptions to report of Howard I. James, Esq., auditor. Tbe court confirmed tbe report. Error assigned was decree confirming the auditor’s report.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
During the last illness of Frank Bean, the present decedent, his housekeeper saw upon his bureau a pocketbook and some keys belonging to him. With his consent she locked them in her trunk for safekeeping, stating that she would return them to him when he was all right. But he did not recover. On the day after the funeral she Opened the pocketbook, found in it two promissory notes, one for $565, signed by Henry J. Frankenfield to the order of decedent, and endorsed by decedent, “This note is void after my death”; the other for $3,000 signed by decedent to the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Estate of MillerPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Berks County · 1890
- Walls' AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Sutherland v. RossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Appeal of BarhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Ulrich v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by5 opinions
- Roberts EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Reynolds, Exrx. v. Williams, Exec.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Swieczkowski v. Sypniewski, Exr.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
- Israelson v. SaulDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 2019
- Walbridge v. LittleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921