Estate of Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY WILLIAM PICKERING FROM THE ORPHANS* COURT OF BRADFORD COUNTY. January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown.
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APPEAL BY WILLIAM PICKERING FROM THE ORPHANS* COURT OF BRADFORD COUNTY. January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown. On April 8, 1889, upon notice of the election of Elizabeth Williams, widow of Daniel J. Williams, deceased, to retain real estate of the deceased not exceeding $600 in value, under § 5, act of April 14, 1851, P. L. 613 and § 1 act of November 27,1865, P. L. (1866) 1227, an inventory was filed certifying an appraisement of a tract of land, fully described, containing fifteen acres more or less, at the sum of $390. The inventory, accompanied by the…
1Per curiam
This was an appeal from the refusal of the court below to set ¡aside the appraisement of certain real estate, claimed by and set apart to the widow of the decedent under the act of assembly. Were there nothing in the case but the appraisement of April 8, 1889, we might be disposed to reverse the case upon the ground of the delay of the widow in asserting her claim to the exemption, under the authority of Vandevort’s App., 43 Pa. 462; Burk v. Gleason, 46 Pa. 297, and other cases. It appears, however, that a claim had been made by her within less than *439three months of the death of her husband.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Appeal of KernsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Burk v. GleasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
- Vandevort's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Feeser EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Adams County · 1951
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