DeWitt v. DeWitt
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 316, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Wyoming Co., on bill in equity in case of Celestia DeWitt v. Ettie M. DeWitt, Widow of F. W. DeWitt, Deceased, Decker DeWitt, Clinton DeWitt, Melissa DeWitt and Perry S. Billings. Bill in equity for an account and assignment of dower. The case was referred to E. J. Jorden, Esq., as master, who reported in favor of the plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 316, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Wyoming Co., on bill in equity in case of Celestia DeWitt v. Ettie M. DeWitt, Widow of F. W. DeWitt, Deceased, Decker DeWitt, Clinton DeWitt, Melissa DeWitt and Perry S. Billings. Bill in equity for an account and assignment of dower. The case was referred to E. J. Jorden, Esq., as master, who reported in favor of the plaintiff. Exceptions to the master’s report were dismissed, and' a decree was entered in favor of the plaintiff. Errors assigned were in dismissing exceptions to the master’s report.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
In her bill for an account of the rents, issues and profits of the real estate of her deceased husband, and for the assignment of her dower, the appellee included an undivided sixth in what was known as the Putnam street property, of which he had not died seized, but which was conveyed to his estate on June 19, 1890, more than ten years after his death. The consideration was $1.00 and “ other property deeded ” to the grantors, and it passed to them from the decedent’s estate. The master was of opinion that the presumption was that the “ other property deeded ” in…
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