Wright's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 64, July T., 1892, by Louise Wernle Wright, from decree of O. 0. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1890, No. 182, dismissing exceptions to adjudication of executor’s account in estate of Robert J. Wright, deceased. Adjudication of executor’s account.
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Appeal, No. 64, July T., 1892, by Louise Wernle Wright, from decree of O. 0. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1890, No. 182, dismissing exceptions to adjudication of executor’s account in estate of Robert J. Wright, deceased. Adjudication of executor’s account. At the audit Louise Wemle Wright claimed one fourth of testator’s estate under an alleged contract of the testator to give her this share, if she would consent to become adopted as Ms child under the provisions of the act of May 9,1889, which act authorized the adoption of adults, as children and heirs, with the consent and approval of the persons…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The fourth specification of error is the only one assigned according to our rule. It alleges that the court below erred in not awarding to the appellant one fourth of the estate of Robert J. Wright, deceased. Her claim rests entirely upon a letter addressed to her by the testator, dated March 31, 1889. She avers that this letter amounts to a contract, by which the testator agreed to give her one fourth of his estate by his will. We have examined this letter with care, and are unable to find anything in it which comes up to the measure of a binding contract. There is nothing in it…
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