Legal Opinion

Lowry's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Allegheny County

Decided August 16, 1938No. 3163 of 1938Published

1Opinion of the Court

Trimble, P. J.,

John A. Lowry, a resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., died on January 31, 1935, seized of personal property approximating in value $269,-000, and real estate located in Portsmouth, Ohio, “subject to unpaid balances of obligations of decedent in the approximate amount of $10,536.29 secured by mortgages on said real estate.” Under the will Judith W. Lowry, the widow, is executrix and sole legatee and devisee of all the assets. In her account she took credit for the amount paid to satisfy the mortgages, together with $316 counsel fees “in connection with the payment of said mortgages.”…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Fleming v. ParrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
  2. Neale v. DempsterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  3. Seiple v. Seiple, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northampton County1890
  4. Jones's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  5. Longacre v. BeersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932

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