McDevitt's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 255, Jan. T., 1924, by Mary Frances McDevitt, claimant, from decree of O. C. Pbila. Co., April T., 1923, No. 1533, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in estate of James McDevitt, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication of Henderson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Exceptions dismissed in opinion by Thompson, J. Mary Frances McDevitt, claimant, appealed. Error assigned was, inter alia, decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
James McDevitt, of Philadelphia, died in September, 1922, intestate and without issue; his sister, Mary Tranor, became administratrix of his estate. At the audit of her account as such, Mary Frances McDevitt, the appellant, claimed to be the widow of the deceased and entitled to share in his estate. The auditing judge rejected her claim, on a finding that she and Mr. McDevitt were never married; from the approval of this finding by the orphans’ court, Mrs. McDevitt brought this appeal.
We find no ground for reversal. Some twenty-five years ago appellant and the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stevenson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
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