Bickford's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 10, Feb. T., 1901, by Carrie E. Bickford, administratrix, from decree of O. C. Clinton Co., refusing bill of review in the estate of Frederick A. Bickford, deceased. Petition for bill of review. From the record it appeared that Carrie E. Bickford was the widow and administratrix of Frederick A. Bickford. Bickford was accidentally drowned, and the attorney for Mrs. Bickford collected $2,132.35 from an accident insurance company.
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Appeal, No. 10, Feb. T., 1901, by Carrie E. Bickford, administratrix, from decree of O. C. Clinton Co., refusing bill of review in the estate of Frederick A. Bickford, deceased. Petition for bill of review. From the record it appeared that Carrie E. Bickford was the widow and administratrix of Frederick A. Bickford. Bickford was accidentally drowned, and the attorney for Mrs. Bickford collected $2,132.35 from an accident insurance company. The check for the money was made payable to Mrs. Bickford, who indorsed it to the order of her attorney. Instead of depositing the money in Mrs. Bickford’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
The appellant is the administratrix of her deceased husband’s estate. She collected certain assets and included them in her sworn account filed in the orphans’ court in March, 1898, about eighteen months after the decedent’s death. The account was referred to an auditor and on April 1, 1899 (after exceptions thereto had been argued before the court), his report was confirmed absolutely. On September 28, 1900, the administratrix filed the petition now before us, praying for a rehearing, and alleging that there were errors in the account previously adjudicated.…
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- Scott's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Le Moyne's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
- Estate of KachlineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Finley's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
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