Legal Opinion

Escheat of $92,800

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 12, 1948No. Appeals, 226 and 228PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

These appeals are from an order made in an escheat proceeding. The appellee has filed motions to dismiss which are denied for reasons which we shall hereinafter state.

The proceeding under review involves $92,800 in paper currency of the United States of America in various denominations found, as the petition of the escheator avers, by one Benjamin Lieberman in a corrugated box or carton, securely tied with cord, in the cellar of a house, owned and occupied by him and his wife, at 2131 South 4th Street, Philadelphia, and found, moreover, in circumstances indicating…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Vosburgh's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Yorks's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
  3. Teats v. Anderson Et Ux.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  4. Warner v. McMullinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  5. Commonwealth v. IrwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Witney v. Lebanon CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Kane v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. South Penn Oil Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1951
  4. Commonwealth v. Upper Main Line Bank, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Chester County1965
  5. Murdoch v. Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1958

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