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Estate of Heffner

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 5, 1890No. 309PublishedCited by 4 opinions

APPEAL BY E. D. HEEENER EROM THE ORPHANS’ COURT OE BERKS COUNTY. No. 309 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown.

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APPEAL BY E. D. HEEENER EROM THE ORPHANS’ COURT OE BERKS COUNTY. No. 309 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown. On June 3, 1889, the final account of Franklin D. Heffner, one of the administrators of the estate of Daniel Heffner, deceased, exhibiting a balance for distribution, was called for audit in the court below before Schwartz, P. J., who subsequently filed an adjudication in part as follows: The decedent died intestate about the 1st day of August, 1884, and left to survive^ him a widow, Lucy Heffner, and issue, one son, Franklin D. Heffner. James H. Marx,…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion,

Mr. Justice Williams :

Daniel Heffner died intestate on the 1st day of August, 1884. Letters of administration upon his estate were issued to Franklin D. Heffner, his son. The final account of the administrator *442came before tbe Orphans’ Court of Berks county for adjudication on the 3d day of September, 1889. On the hearing, a claim was presented for the first time by the widow of the decedent and mother of the accountant for él,000, which she alleged was money belonging to her separate estate, in the hands of her husband for her use when he died. The evidence offered in support of this…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Lineaweaver's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  2. Schleich's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  3. Keller v. KellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  4. Haftman EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Washington County · 1962

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