Legal Opinion

Thorp's Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 15, 1914No. Appeal, No. 137Published

Appeal, No. 137, April T., 1914, by Mrs. Charles A. Abrams, Guardian of George Thorp, a minor, from decree of O. C. Butler Co., June T., 1907, No. 5, refusing to set aside the confirmation of the sale of real estate In re Estate of George Thorp, a minor. Rule to set aside confirmation of sale of real estate.

1Opinion of the Court

Galbreath, P. J.,

filed the following opinion:

By order of the orphans’ court, bearing date February 19, 1904, Mrs. C. A. Abrams, secretary of the Children’s Aid Society, was appointed guardian of George Thorp, a minor son of George Thorp and Jennie Thorp, deceased. The ward had no personal property, but was the owner of an undivided one-half interest, as *348the petition set forth, of twenty acres of unproductive land situate in Clay township, Butler county. The petitioner was William M. Thorp, an uncle .of said minor, who was at that time about ten years of age, and was in the Emergency Hospital…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Smith v. WildmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  2. Richards v. RoteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
  3. Bennett v. Hayden, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Westmoreland County1892
  4. Halderman's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
  5. Brock v. Pennsylvania Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902

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