Webb v. Webb

Laird, P. J.,

The bill in equity filed in this case asks for an accounting of a fund of $10,000 received by defendant, Sadie Webb, in settlement of a claim for damages arising out of the fatal injury to her husband, Harry Webb, while he was engaged in interstate commerce. Plaintiffs are children of Harry Webb and were minors at the date of his death.

Testimony was taken on the merits of the case and defendant made a motion to dismiss the bill of complaint for the reason that the common pleas court, sitting in equity, has no jurisdiction and that the exclusive jurisdiction is in the orphans’…