Brown's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 192,. Oct. T., 1905, by Nattie W. McLean, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., May T., 1904, No. 54, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of Joseph O. Brown, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Hawkins, P. J. The essential facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court and in a former report of the case, 210 Pa. 493. Error assigned was decree dismissing exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Ctteiam,
When this case was here before, 210 Pa. 493, it presented two questions: First, did the appellant occupy such a confidential relation to the decedent as to require from her a higher measure of proof of her claim than is required in ordinary cases; and, secondly, was her claim made out ? On the first question the court were unanimously of opinion that there was no such confidential relation shown and the court below was in error in requiring more than ordinary proof. On the second question the majority of the court thought the claim made out, and the decree of the court below was…
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- Brown's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
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