Estate of Bucknor
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County
No. 166 July Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 414 January Term 1889, O. C. On April 2, 1889, the account of the Fidelity etc.
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No. 166 July Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 414 January Term 1889, O. C. On April 2, 1889, the account of the Fidelity etc. Company, 'administrator of the estate of Emeline L. Bucknor, deceased, exhibiting a balance for distribution, was called for audit before Penrose, J., who on April 18, 1889, filed an adjudication in part as follows: The decedent died, as represented to the court, January 30, •1887, intestate, a widow leaving five children: Marion B. James, Virginia B. Wonnley, William H. Bucknor, Charles Bucknor, and Mrs. Annie E. Starr; and grandchildren and gleat…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Steeeett :
While it is not technically accurate to saj^ that appellant is a bailee for the estate of the money she received from her mother, since deceased, we agree that, having repudiated the note in which she promised to repay it, she was bound, in equity and good conscience, to return it to her mother, or to her personal representative after her decease, and that it may therefore be regarded in equity as money of the estate in her possession. The' Orphans’ Court is practically a court of equity; and, when it appeared that appellant, who was there claiming a full…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Appeal of GrimSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
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