Estate of Dorscheimer
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 54, Oct. T., 1899, by Matilda B. Dorscheimer, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1898, No. 371, modifying the decree allowing widow’s exemption. Petition for widow’s exemption.
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Appeal, No. 54, Oct. T., 1899, by Matilda B. Dorscheimer, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1898, No. 371, modifying the decree allowing widow’s exemption. Petition for widow’s exemption. Before Hanna, P. J. The following facts appear from the petition and answer: On October 1, 1898, Augustine Jerome, a creditor of the decedent, filed his petition in the orphans’ court, setting forth, inter alia, that the decedent had died December 14, 1896, intestate, leaving to survive him a widow, a son and a daughter; that letters of administration'were duly granted on said estate; that on May…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter,
This case was argued upon petition and answer. The answer admits every allegation of the petition except that the inventory and appraisement are imperfect and incomplete. It denies the right of the petitioner to the relief prayed for on the ground that the petitioner was aware of the presentation of the original petition for allowance of exemption; that $10.00 were expended for advertismg the said petition, and that all the requirements of the law relating to said allowance were fulfilled.
The case was argued by the respondent as if the application were solely for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Finney's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
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- Sitkin's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Mifflin County · 1935
- Titus's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Warren County · 1932