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Estate of Tyson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 1, 1899No. Appeal, No. 427PublishedCited by 96 opinions

Appeal, No. 427, Jan. T., 1898, by Jacob Tyson, from decree of O. C. Montgomery Co., dismissing petition for citation. Petition for citation.

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Appeal, No. 427, Jan. T., 1898, by Jacob Tyson, from decree of O. C. Montgomery Co., dismissing petition for citation. Petition for citation. Swartz, P. J., found tbe facts to be as follows The executor of Charles Tyson alleges that certain personal property in the possession of Mary Tyson at her death, or standing in her name at her death, is the property of the estate of Charles Tyson, and that certain real estate, the record title of which is in the name of said Mary Tyson, is also the property of the estate of Charles Tyson. 1. Charles Tyson at his death was the owner of personal property…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Mitchell,

This is in form a petition for a citation to account, but in substance it is a bill in equity by the surviving executor of Charles Tyson against the executors of Mary Tyson for the conveyance and transfer of property, real and personal, held by the respondents as part of the estate of their testator, but claimed by plaintiff as part of the estate of Charles Tyson. The court below dismissed the petition on the ground that as to the realty it was an ejectment bill and not within the jurisdiction of the court, and as to the personalty that the title was in Mary…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Chandler v. WoelpperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
  2. Willard's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
  3. Appeal of the Odd Fellows Savings BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
  4. Fox's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
  5. Tyson v. RittenhouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898

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3Cited by96 opinions

  1. Williams' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  2. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Harry A. Ellis, Deceased, Helen R. Ellis, Bernard B. Largman and Dan Denenberg, ExecutorsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
  3. Allen v. HirlingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
  4. Chesnut v. ChesnutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  5. Strite v. McGinnesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964

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