Legal Opinion

Kilpatrick Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 13, 1951No. Appeal, 125PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Ladner,

This is an appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Fayette County dismissing appellant’s petition praying for a review of a final account filed in the Estate of George W. Kilpatrick, deceased, and confirmed absolutely more than fourteen years prior to the filing of the petition.

The petitioner (appellant) was not a distributee of the balance in the account which he seeks to review nor any party in interest therein. He is the second husband of Gertrude M. Kilpatrick Lare whose first husband was the decedent, George W. Kilpatrick. She was a distributee under the account…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Lare WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  2. Thorne's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  3. Elkins's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  4. Gallagher's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
  5. Merchants-Citizens National Bank v. MauserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Rellick-Smith, S. v. Rellick, B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. Dixon EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Estate of StephensonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Craig Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Somerset County1978
  5. Estate of Klemm, A. v. Platea Cemetery Assoc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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