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Coulter Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 13, 1962No. Appeal, 48PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin B. Jones,,

Under attack on this appeal is the validity of a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Montgomery County which found that Robert J. Coulter (Coulter) was an incompetent within the provisions of the Incompetents’ Estates Act of 1955 1 and appointed a guardian of his estate.

Coulter, 78 years of age, resided on Bryn' Mawr Avenue, Penn Valley, Montgomery County, in a home jointly owned by himself and his wife 2 until on or about May 22, 1955 when he entered a nursing home located in Villanova, Delaware County, Pa. About October 2, 1955 a Mrs. Rose Wood, a nurse…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Dorrance's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. Ryman's CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Myers EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Teats v. Anderson Et Ux.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  5. Publicker EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ScoleriSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Kline v. KachmarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. Commonwealth v. WillisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Cavanagh v. CavanaghSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. FloydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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