Grubb's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Chester County, No. 184, to January Term, >1868. In the court below the proceedings were for the distribution of the estate of Edith Jones, deceased, in the hands of her administrator, appearing by his account, confirmed June 11th 1867, to be $8812.75. It appeared from the facts found by the auditor, P. E. Smith, that Edith Jones was the only child of Phebe Jones, deceased, and was illegitimate.
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Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Chester County, No. 184, to January Term, >1868. In the court below the proceedings were for the distribution of the estate of Edith Jones, deceased, in the hands of her administrator, appearing by his account, confirmed June 11th 1867, to be $8812.75. It appeared from the facts found by the auditor, P. E. Smith, that Edith Jones was the only child of Phebe Jones, deceased, and was illegitimate. Phebe Jones left to survive her several brothers and sisters, who are dead, leaving descendants of whom Henry Grubb is one. Edith died intestate,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, January 30th 1868, by
Read, J.
Edith Jones, of Chester county, died .in the year 1866. She was the daughter of Phebe Jones, who was never married and who died before her daughter, leaving brothers and sisters or their descendants, and Edith died unmarried and without issue, and without heirs or any known kindred, unless the 3d section of the Act of 27th April 1855, Pamph. L. 368, brings the brothers and sisters of her mother or their descendants within the class of “heirs or known kindred.” This section gave capacity to the mother and child respectively…
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