William A. Wagoner's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 214, July T., 1895, by Frances S. Dorian, from decree of O. C. Chester Co., overruling exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor’s report. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in overruling exceptions to auditor’s report.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb.. Justice Dean,
William A. Wagoner, on the 1st of April, 1893, being possessed of a considerable estate, both personal and real, died intestate, unmarried and without issue. There were many collateral relatives, among them a niece, Frances S. Dorian, this appellant. She had • lived in the house of- her uncle thirty *561years; the fifteen preceding his death she was the only member of his family. During the last years of his life she did the household work and much other, such as taking care of cows, milking, churning, cleaning stables and working the garden. About October, 1891, the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hummel's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Stephens v. RinehartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
- Candor & Henderson's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856
- Stephens v. HussSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
3Cited by19 opinions
- Rynier EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Edson v. LucasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
- Fiore v. FioreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Chambley v. RumbaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Kanawell v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
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