Brown's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 189, Oct. T., 1904, by Nattie W. McLean, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., May Term, 1904, No. 54, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Joseph O. Brown, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in dismissing exceptions to adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Chi ef Justice Mitchell,
Appellant’s claim is for a joint ownership with the decedent, to the extent of one half, in certain shares of stock of the Colonial Trust Company. The evidence as to the relation of the parties was that appellant had been stenographer for the decedent, but had left his employment about two years prior to his death though she continued to do some occasional work for him, as he was a boarder in her mother’s house. He died suddenly in March, 1903, and appellant appears to have taken charge of his papers and personal effects, including his watch, and the…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Brown's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906