Wilson Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

May a person who has occupied a property without having entered into any oral or written agreement with the owner with regard to terms and conditions of occupancy, recover from the estate of the owner, by virtue of the Act of 1804, P. L. 517, the sum which he has expended for all taxes levied against the property?

This appeal is by Charles E. Whitney from the decree of the court below disallowing his claim against the estate of Walter J. Wilson, deceased, for the taxes paid by him for the years 1936 to 1940, inclusive.

Susannah Wilson, mother of the decedent,…