Estate of Failor
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 38, March T., 1899, by Levi Failor, from decree of O. C. Cumberland Co., discharging citation to the register of wills and dismissing appeal from decision of said register. Opinion by W. W. Porter, J. Appeal from decision of register of wills.
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Appeal, No. 38, March T., 1899, by Levi Failor, from decree of O. C. Cumberland Co., discharging citation to the register of wills and dismissing appeal from decision of said register. Opinion by W. W. Porter, J. Appeal from decision of register of wills. Before E. W. Biddle, P. J. The facts appear from the following extract from opinion of the court below: The decedent died on August 30,1898, leaving as her nearest relatives and the distributees of her estate, a brother, Levi Failor, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Throne. Levi having declined to take out letters of administration, on October…
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William W. Portee,, J.,
Sarah Failor died August 30, 1898, intestate, leaving a brother, Levi Failor, and a sister, Margaret Throne. The brother at first declined to take out letters of administration. The sister renounced, and on October 5, 1898, requested the register to issue letters to her son, John A. Throne, whereupon *257Levi Failor changed his mind, and on October 6,1898, appeared and requested letters to be issued to him. The register held one or more informal meetings to hear the parties. He interrogated both Failor and Throne at the meetings and in private as to their fitness…
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