Legal Opinion

Stevenson's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 3, 1922No. Appeal, No. 113PublishedCited by 51 opinions

Appeal, No. 113, Oet. T., 1921, by Nannie G. Stevenson, claiming as widow, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1920, No. 563, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in estate of Archibald M. Stevenson, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Mitchell, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Exceptions dismissed. Nannie G. Stevenson, claiming as widow, appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Kepiiaet,

Appellant, Nannie G. Bradley, in 1904, at the age of twenty-five, while employed as a milliner, met Archibald M. Stevenson, the decedent, in Pittsburgh. Thereafter, as she continued in this and other similar positions, the acquaintance ripened into an attachment, followed by a more intimate relation; how soon this occurred after their first meeting does not appear; it was left open to an inference that it was shortly afterwards, and continued until she went to Youngstown, Ohio, and thereafter. Frequent jaunts from Youngstown were taken by them, some quite…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Yardley's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
  2. Chamberlain v. . ChamberlainNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  3. Topper v. PerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  4. Hunt's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1878
  5. Estate of GrimmSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Link's Estate (No. 1)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  2. Baker v. MitchellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. Pierce v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  4. Estate of MurdockSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  5. Craig's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922

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