Hughes's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia, in the matter of the distribution of the estate of William Hughes, deceased. To July Term 1867: No. 107. William Hughes, the decedent, died about the 18th of November 1865, leaving a widow, Mary A- Hughes, three children and three grandchildren, Charles S. Hughes, Frank Hughes and Ella C. Hughes, children of Charles D. Hughes, a deceased son. Frank and Ella are minors, Jane E. Hughes being their guardian.
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Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia, in the matter of the distribution of the estate of William Hughes, deceased. To July Term 1867: No. 107. William Hughes, the decedent, died about the 18th of November 1865, leaving a widow, Mary A- Hughes, three children and three grandchildren, Charles S. Hughes, Frank Hughes and Ella C. Hughes, children of Charles D. Hughes, a deceased son. Frank and Ella are minors, Jane E. Hughes being their guardian. Charles D. Hughes died before his father on the 8th of March 1863, being at that time indebted to his father. For this…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Agnbw, J.
We are asked in this case to disaffirm the doctrine of McConkey v. McConkey, 9 Watts 302, and return to that of Ilgenfritz’s Appeal, 5 Id. 25. But we think the question is not now open upon original grounds. The case of Ilgenfritz itself overlooked the decision in Earnest v. Earnest, 5 Rawle 213, and was immediately followed by Levering v. Rittenhouse, 4 Whart. 136-7, reaffirming Earnest v. Earnest. McConkey v. McConkey has therefore the weight of both those cases against Ilgenfritz’s Appeal, and has recently been recognised in Wallace v.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Earnest v. EarnestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835
- Ebert & Barnitz's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
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- Estate of HartmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Russell v. BullinerIllinois Supreme Court · 1938
- Adams v. YancyMississippi Supreme Court · 1913
- Kunsman's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Northampton County · 1928
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