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Kellberg's Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 6, 1878PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1878, No. 57. Appeal of Laura M. Kellberg from the decree of the court refusing her petition to vacate letters of administration granted to Frank B. Williams, in the estate of her deceased husband, John W. Kellberg. The petition and the answer of Williams are substantially set forth in the opinion of this court.

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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1878, No. 57. Appeal of Laura M. Kellberg from the decree of the court refusing her petition to vacate letters of administration granted to Frank B. Williams, in the estate of her deceased husband, John W. Kellberg. The petition and the answer of Williams are substantially set forth in the opinion of this court. In the.court below, Hanna, J., in dismissing the petition said (O’Brien, J., dissenting) :— “ This matter having been heard upon petition and answer, without a replication, the answer must be taken to be true in…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward

*132At the time of the death of John W. Kellberg, on the 1st of November 1876, an agreement was in force between the Bullock Printing Press Company and himself, which had been executed on the 4th of April 1874, with the stipulation that it should date from the 1st day of July 1878. By this agreement Kellberg assigned to the company all his interest in certain patents which had been issued to him for improvements in printing machines, the company promising,- among other considerations, to pay him, he having been and consenting to remain in their employment, “ in addition to his regular salary of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ellmaker's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Colbert v. HennesseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
  2. Friese's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  3. Cameron v. WhiteSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
  4. Brokans v. MelnickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Voshake's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

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