Legal Opinion

Thompson's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Montgomery County

Decided July 28, 1942Published

1Opinion of the Court

Holland, P. J.,

The question here is whether the adjudication of this court upon an administrator’s final account should be opened, and a claim of the collector of internal revenue for social security taxes owing by decedent allowed, although notice of the claim was not given until after the audit of the account.

Decedent died on May 19, 1938, intestate and insolvent. Letters of administration were granted to accountant on May 20, 1938, and were duly advertised as required by section 10 of the Fiduciaries Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 447. The administrator liquidated the assets of the estate,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United States v. SummerlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. American Iron & Steel Manufacturing Co. v. Seaboard Air Line RailwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. United States v. ChildsSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  4. Pearsall v. Central Oil & Gas Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1927

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