Job's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 55, Oct. T., 1903, by Adam Jobet ah, from decree of O. C. Phila. Go., Jan. T., 1902, No. 119, dismissing exceptions to decree directing register of wills to grant letters of administration c. t. a. to Babetta Hahn in estate of Peter Job. Appeal from register of wills. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the decree of the court. A party litigant is not a proper appointee: Failor’s Est., 10 Pa.
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Appeal, No. 55, Oct. T., 1903, by Adam Jobet ah, from decree of O. C. Phila. Go., Jan. T., 1902, No. 119, dismissing exceptions to decree directing register of wills to grant letters of administration c. t. a. to Babetta Hahn in estate of Peter Job. Appeal from register of wills. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the decree of the court. A party litigant is not a proper appointee: Failor’s Est., 10 Pa. Superior Ct. 253; Bieber’s App., 11 Pa. 157; Shorno’s App., 57 Pa. 356. Among the numerous decisions that the register of wills and the orphans’…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
No record of the proceedings had before the register in regard to the granting of letters, original or c. t. a., is before us and, inasmuch as he is not required to keep a record, at least of the testimony taken before him, we may assume that none was kept. The facts necessary to an understanding of the case appear unchallenged in the record before us and from them we can assume as true:
1. That letters of administration, on the application of a daughter of the decedent, the appellee here, were, without citation to other heirs, issued to her, notwithstanding the fact that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ellmaker's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835
- Schmidt's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- In re Bieber's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1849
- Shomo's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Estate of PadelfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
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- Schulz EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958