Legal Opinion

Dipaola Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 25, 1944No. Appeal, 192PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

Appellant cited the administrator of a decedent’s estate to deliver to her all of decedent’s personal property claimed as a gift from the intestate causa mortis. Upon answer, replication and hearing, it was decided by the court below that the appellant, and the administrator, and the alleged sole next of Mn, had entered into a binding written agreement two days after the death, whereby the decedent’s estate was to be divided among the parties to the agreement as therein specified. We need not recite the details of this litigation. It will suffice to say…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cutler's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  2. Keyser's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  3. McGovern's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  4. Estate of Clarence v. Elliott, Dec'd.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Webb EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  2. Bullard v. Curry-CloonanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. Thomas v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  4. Bennicas EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Lehigh County · 1951
  5. Bronstein EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1963

8 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API