Thomas's Estate
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Washington County
Petition for review of audit adjudication and decree. O. C. Washington Co.
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, P. J.,
The controversy here for decision consists exclusively of questions of law growing out of undisputed facts. The facts, as revealed by the record, may he summarized as follows:
Frances A. Thomas, a widow, residing in Somerset Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 28, 1907, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, under the provisions of the Act of April 22, 1905, P. L. 297, proceedings for her adopting as her child and heir one Howard C. Devore, then of the age of sixteen years past, a son of Harry L. Devore and his former wife, then Harriett E.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Puterbaugh's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- Ashburner's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Schafer v. EneuSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
- Guenthoer's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Commonwealth v. NancredeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1859
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Collins EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958