Legal Opinion

Winsmore's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 11, 1937No. Appeal, 31PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The sole question to be determined op this appeal is whether the ownership of an account with a brokerage firm was in decedent or her son. The court below found from sufficient evidence that this account, nominally in decedent’s name on its books, was in fact the account of her son, and that it was opened with that understanding and treated by the firm as his account. It concluded that the debit balance was the personal obligation of her son. These findings are supported by evidence and must be accepted as binding on this appeal: Seidel’s Estate, 322 Pa. 142, 143; Pusey’s Estate,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Pusey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  2. Donlevy's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Seidel's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cameron EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  2. In re Pew Memorial Trust No. 1, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1977

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