Legal Opinion

Anderson's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 6, 1877PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Four appeals from decrees of the Orphans’ Court made in the settlement of the account of Malcolm Hay, Esq., administrator of the estate of Margaret H. Anderson, deceased.

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Four appeals from decrees of the Orphans’ Court made in the settlement of the account of Malcolm Hay, Esq., administrator of the estate of Margaret H. Anderson, deceased. The facts as set forth in the petition of Mr. Hay, for a hearing of his account were in substance as follows: That petitioner settled an account of his administration of the estate of Mrs. Anderson which was confirmed by the court on the 17th of March 1876, in which account he charged himself with $10,000, received from the iEtna Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, being the proceeds of a policy of insurance…

1Opinion of the Court

The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered October 15th 1877,

Per, Curiam.

— This case has been so fully discussed by the learned judge of the Orphans’ Court, it is unnecessary to discuss it at large again. We think the distribution made by him was proper.

Decree affirmed, with costs of the appeal in each case to be paid by the appellants, and the appeals dismissed.

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Knoche, Admr. v. Mut. Life Ins. Co. of N.Y.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  2. Frick v. LewellynDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1924
  3. Smith v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  4. Preston v. Connecticut Mutual Life Ins.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1902
  5. Frederick v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. of New YorkDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1916

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