Pancoast's Estate
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County
Exceptions to adjudication. O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. T., 1922, No. 409'.
1Opinion of the Court
Lamorelee, P. J.,
Sarah F. Hurley Pancoast died June 19,
1921. Among other things, she bequeathed and devised one-fourth of her residuary estate to Anna D. Pancoast Doriss absolutely, if living, and if deceased, directed that the same should be divided among her issue then living per stirpes.
Anna D. Pancoast Doriss, who was a stepdaughter, predeceased Sarah F. Hurley Pancoast. She left her surviving two children, both minors, represented by a guardian appointed by this court.
In distributing the estate the auditing judge awarded the shares of the minors, subject to the payment of inheritance…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miles's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- Academy of Fine Arts v. Philadelphia CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
- Commonwealth v. Lackawanna I. & C. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Commonwealth v. CoverSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Miller v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1857
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