Gibb's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 103, Oct. T., 1919, by W. T. Pyle, heir at law, from decree of O. C. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1919, No. 1, dismissing exceptions to distribution, in estate of Louis E. Gibbs, deceased. Exceptions to distribution of $2,135 to Ellen R. Morrison, aunt of the decedent, in payment for board, lodging, washing, etc. Before Copeland, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court dismissed the exceptions.
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Appeal, No. 103, Oct. T., 1919, by W. T. Pyle, heir at law, from decree of O. C. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1919, No. 1, dismissing exceptions to distribution, in estate of Louis E. Gibbs, deceased. Exceptions to distribution of $2,135 to Ellen R. Morrison, aunt of the decedent, in payment for board, lodging, washing, etc. Before Copeland, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court dismissed the exceptions. W. T. Pyle, heir at law of decedent, appealed. Errors assigned were decree dismissing exception to allowance of claim and finding stated in the .opinion of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Louis E. Gibbs died June 18,1918, while residing with his aunt with whom he had lived since the death of his *487mother in 1909. The aunt presented a claim for $2,813 against his estate for board, room''rent, etc., during the time deceased made his home with her, which was allowed to the extent of $2,135. Appellant, as heir at law, filed exceptions, and, upon their dismissal, took this appeal. The court below found as- a fact that “decedent was indebted to Mrs. Ellen Morrison, for board, room, washing, etc., in the sum of $30 per month for 72 months, less a credit of…
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