Legal Opinion

Elliott Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 28, 1954No. Appeals, 2 and 3PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

These appeals are from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of York County. They involve the ownership of eleven joint and several certificates of deposit found in a decedent’s safe deposit box after his decease. Six of the certificates are in the names of decedent and *497Ms brother Paul; four are in the names of decedent and his sister Grace and one in the names of decedent and his brother Robert. In a carefully considered opinion by the learned auditing judge, it was ruled that all the certificates were owned by the decedent since no valid inter vivos gift was…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Mardis, Administratrix v. SteenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. Mader v. StemlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  3. Flanagan v. NashSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  4. Washington's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  5. Reap v. Wyoming Valley Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Krueger v. WilliamsTexas Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Martella EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  3. Lessner v. RubinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Elliott EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. Parkhurst EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1959

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