Evans's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 22, March T., 1911, by Lillian Bevan, from decree of O. C. Lackawanna Co., No. 524 of 1906, dismissing exceptions to adjudica-, tion in estate- of Thomas W. Evans, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Sando, P. J. ■ The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Errors assigned were in dismissing exceptions to adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The appellant claimed the entire personal estate of the decedent as an adopted child. This claim was based exclusively upon a writing, under seal, executed by her mother and her grandmother and the decedent, and his wife, in 1884. The instrument was not acknowledged. It begins with the words, “Whereas I, Alice Lewis,’.’ and after reciting the circumstances' and date of the birth of her child, proceeds as follows, “not feeling able to care for and maintain said female child as it should be, therefore she hereby agrees by and with the advice and consent of her widow…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Tyler v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
- Shearer v. WeaverSupreme Court of Iowa · 1881
- Ballard v. WardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
- Gill v. SullivanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
- McCollister v. YardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Schwab Adoption CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Jean A. Kilby, on Her Own Behalf and on Behalf of Jane L. Kilby v. Marion D. Folsom, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Fisher v. RobisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- In Re Adoption of Elizabeth McCannSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Thompson's AdoptionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
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