Legal Opinion
Newton Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 25, 1946No. Appeal, 11PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,
After the payment of preferred creditors, $1,117.24 remained as a balance for distribution among general creditors in the insolvent estate of deceased intestate. The Allegheny County Institution District presented a claim of $7,820.94 and the Commonwealth a claim of $4,310.16. Both claims were for thé maintenance of decedent at the Woodville State Hospital, a mental hospital, from 1911 to the date of her death on February 24,1944.
The Orphans’ Court distributed the fund to the two claimants pro rata under Section 8 of the Act of September 29, 1938, Spec.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MeyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Commonwealth v. Provident Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Kingston Boro. v. KalanoskySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Ferguson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Gilbert v. Lebanon Valley Street RailwaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. MilanoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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