Stewart's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 102, April T., 1908, by City of New Castle Poor District, from decree of O. C. Lawrence Co., March T., 1907, No. 30, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in Estate of Isabella Stewart, deceased. Exceptions to report of Charles R. Davis, Esq., auditor. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court below in an opinion by Porter, P. J., dismissed the exceptions. Error assigned was decree dismissing the exceptions to auditor’s report.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The decedent was an aged woman having no income, in destitute circumstances, not able to work, but owning a small house and lot in the city of New Castle where she resided. For a time her needy condition was relieved by the charitable contributions of provisions and other supplies by a church or its members. In October, 1904, a member of the church called the attention of the director of the poor of the city to her condition, and interested him in the case. The director testified: “I went and investigated. I knew the woman, she had property but nothing to live on. I did…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Bremer County v. CurtisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
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- Inhabitants of Deer-Isle v. EatonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1815
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