Littleton's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1878, Nos. 199 and 200. Appeal of William E. Littleton, guardian of Walter and Herbert Oox, minors, and of R. R. Neill and Mary C. his wife, in right of said wife, from the decree of the court dismissing exceptions to and confirming tho adjudication of the account of Charles Ilewson, executor of the estate of Mary R. Cox, deceased.
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Appeals from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1878, Nos. 199 and 200. Appeal of William E. Littleton, guardian of Walter and Herbert Oox, minors, and of R. R. Neill and Mary C. his wife, in right of said wife, from the decree of the court dismissing exceptions to and confirming tho adjudication of the account of Charles Ilewson, executor of the estate of Mary R. Cox, deceased. Appeal of R. R. Neill and Mary C. his wife, in right of said wife, and of William E. Littleton, guardian of Walter and Herbert Oox, minors, from the decree of the court dismissing the petition…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgments of the Supreme Court were entered February 24th 1879,
2Per curiam 1
(Opinion in Littleton’s Appeal.) It is very true that it was held by this court, in Field’s Appeal, 12 Casey 11, that the proceeding in the Orphans’ Court, against lands charged with legacies, must be by the legatees themselves, and that executors are not proper parties. Yet evidently making the executor a party does not avoid the proceeding for want of jurisdiction if the legatees are in point of fact parties. The court has general jurisdiction of the subject-matter, and any error of the court in the proceeding does not make…
Also in this document: Per curiam 2; Per curiam 3.
3Cited by4 opinions
- Elkins's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Stetson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Bispham's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1926
- Crouse v. BedellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899