Legal Opinion

Bailey Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 3, 1956No. Appeal, 177PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

Isabel Bailey Stilley, a legatee of Virginia H. Bailey, deceased, and an interested party in the decedent’s estate, appeals from a decree of the court below dismissing her petition which prayed that a citation issue directed to Dorothy Schaefer Bailey, executrix of the will of Austin L. Bailey, deceased, to show cause why she should not file a final account for Austin L. Bailey, deceased, as executor of the estate of Virginia H. Bailey.

The learned court below dismissed the petition on the ground that the petitioner had forfeited her right to the relief sought…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Stimson v. StimsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  2. Finley's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Morrissey EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  2. Crookes v. CrookesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Crookes v. CrookesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Loose EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Berks County · 1967

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