Bryden's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 103, Jan. T., 1905,by A. M. Bryden, John McG-. Bryden, Elizabeth B. DeMun, James J. Bryden and Helena H. Hughes, from decree of O. C. Luzerne Co., No. 65 of 1904, dismissing petition against an alleged weak-minded person in Estate of Elizabeth Biyden.
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Appeal, No. 103, Jan. T., 1905,by A. M. Bryden, John McG-. Bryden, Elizabeth B. DeMun, James J. Bryden and Helena H. Hughes, from decree of O. C. Luzerne Co., No. 65 of 1904, dismissing petition against an alleged weak-minded person in Estate of Elizabeth Biyden. Petition against an alleged weak-minded person under Act of June 19, 190lj P. L. 574. Freas, P. J., filed the following opinion: The petitioners are five of the seven children of Elizabeth Bryden, and they ask for the appointment of a guardian for the estate of their mother on the ground that “ she has become so weak in mind that she…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This is a very clear case of attempt by children to take their mother’s property out of her control not in her interest but in their own, and is an illustration of the dangers of the statute referred to in Hoffman’s Estate, 209 Pa. 357.
The decree is affirmed on the opinion of the court below.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hoffman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
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