Bower's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 260, Oct. T., 1910, by Frederick Stephen, executor, from decree of O. C. Berks Co., Jan. T., No. 30, • awarding a partial distribution in Estate of Sarah A. Bower, deceased. Petition for distribution. The prayer of the petition was as follows: “Wherefore your petitioner prays your holiorable court to make partial distribution of the account now in the hands of the executor so that your petitioner may receive that to which she is entitled.”
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Appeal, No. 260, Oct. T., 1910, by Frederick Stephen, executor, from decree of O. C. Berks Co., Jan. T., No. 30, • awarding a partial distribution in Estate of Sarah A. Bower, deceased. Petition for distribution. The prayer of the petition was as follows: “Wherefore your petitioner prays your holiorable court to make partial distribution of the account now in the hands of the executor so that your petitioner may receive that to which she is entitled.” The decree was as follows: “The within petition having been presented, read and duly considered, the prayer thereof is granted.” Error assigned…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The petition, upon which the decree assigned for error was made, prayed the court to,make “partial distribution of the amount now in the hands of the executor, so that your petitioner may receive that to which she is entitled.” The reason assigned in the petition was that the petitioner was in needy and impecunious circumstances, and had been' obliged to borrow money for her current expenses, assigning her legacy as collateral security, therefor. The executor filed an answer, and after hearing the court made a decree granting the prayer of the petition for a partial distribution.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Appeal of Gable's ExecutorsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
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