Gongaware's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 64, Oct. T., 1919, by Margaret J. Gongaware, from decree of O. O. Westmoreland Co., May T., 1917, No. 78, dismissing exceptions to distribution in Estate of Hezekiah Gongaware, deceased. Exceptions to distribution. Before Copeland, P. J. The court dismissed the exceptions. Margaret J. Gongaware, Administratrix, appealed. Errors assigned were dismissal of exceptions to distribution.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
Hezekiah Gongaware died January 11,1916, intestate, leaving to survive him a widow, four sons, one daughter, and an adopted daughter. One son and one daughter were children by a former wife, and were married and living in their own homes. The other children were over age and married, and they and their families and the adopted child lived with decedent as part of his family, *514and worked upon the place without receiving wages therefor. The widow was appointed administratrix of the estate, filed an inventory and appraisement of the personal property admittedly…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hindman's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
- Cruzan v. CruzanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Donner, Childs & Woods v. SackettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
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- Plankinton's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
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