McGettrick's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 3d 1881. Before Sharswood, O. J., Merour, Gordon, Paxson, Teunkey, Sterrett and Green, JJ. • . Appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county, distributing the proceeds of the real estate of John McGrann, deceased. Of May Term 1881, No. 14. The material facts were as follows : — John McGrann died intestate, unmarried and without issue, leaving as one of his heirs-at-law a niece, Eleanor J. McGettrick.
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May 3d 1881. Before Sharswood, O. J., Merour, Gordon, Paxson, Teunkey, Sterrett and Green, JJ. • . Appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county, distributing the proceeds of the real estate of John McGrann, deceased. Of May Term 1881, No. 14. The material facts were as follows : — John McGrann died intestate, unmarried and without issue, leaving as one of his heirs-at-law a niece, Eleanor J. McGettrick. The real estate of the intestate was sold under an order of the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county, by a trustee appointed for that purpose to distribute the proceeds. Before…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
In this case the proceeds of the sale, under an order of the Orphans’ Court, of the real estate of an intestate, were in the hands of the trustee for distribution. One of the claimants to the fund was a niece of the intestate. Her share of the proceeds was claimed by the appellee, Robert Taylor, by virtue of a deed to him from the appellant for her interest in the lands sold. This deed was attacked as having been obtained fraudulently from the appellant and as being consequently void. The auditor held that he had no jurisdiction to inquire into the validity of the deed, and for that reason…
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