Bowersox's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Snyder county: Of January Term 1882, No. 138. Appeal of Joseph Bowersox and Samuel Bowersox from a decree of the said court, revoking the letters of administration granted by the register of wills, to the appellants, on the estate of John Bowersox deceased ; and directing the register to grant letters to Susannah Bowersox as widow of decedent.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Snyder county: Of January Term 1882, No. 138. Appeal of Joseph Bowersox and Samuel Bowersox from a decree of the said court, revoking the letters of administration granted by the register of wills, to the appellants, on the estate of John Bowersox deceased ; and directing the register to grant letters to Susannah Bowersox as widow of decedent. The facts were as follows: On February 26th 1875, John Bowersox was adjudged a lunatic by the Court of Common Pleas of Snyder county, a committee being appointed to take charge of bis person and estate, and in 1879 he…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
John Bowersox died intestate. The register granted letters of administration on his estate to the appellants, one of whom is a son, and the other a brother of the intestate. Susannah Bowersox, claiming to be the widow of the decedent, and the right to administer on his estate, appealed to the Orphans’ Court, After hearing, the court vacated the letters issued to the appellants, and ordered that letters be issued to. Susannah Bowersox.
Two objections are made to the conclusion of the court: one to finding her to be the widow of the decedent, the other to deciding that she was a proper person to…
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