Legal Opinion
Wesner's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 13, 1939No. Appeal, 121PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Hirt, J.,
In this proceeding the Prudential Insurance Company seeks to set aside a definitive decree of the Orphans’ Court of Schuylkill County after the period for appeal has elapsed.
George Wesner, on March 18, 1929, killed his brother and immediately fled; ever since that date he has been a fugitive from justice and his whereabouts has not been known. On May 3, 1937, another brother, peti tioned the court under the Fiduciaries Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 447 to declare the fugitive a presumed decedent. Hearing was held on that petition, due notice thereof having been given by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cunnius v. Reading School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Estate of Rachel C. Finley CoreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Clark EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Volmer v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Beloit Iron Works v. LockhartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co. v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- McNulty v. General American Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Good v. Updegraff, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Cumberland County1948
- Kimple v. Standard Life Insurance, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Beaver County1944
- Locke v. Duff, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Washington County1953
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