Estate of Bear
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 32, Oct. T., 1898, by B. F. Kready, administrator, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., discharging rule on Franklin Bowman, administrator of George Bear, deceased, to show cause why he should not pay to administrator of Ann Menge, deceased, the share awarded to her administrator, as per auditor’s report of said estate, made January 15,1898. Rule on Franklin Bowman, administrator of George Bear, deceased, to show cause why he should not pay to Thomas J. Wright,…
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Appeal, No. 32, Oct. T., 1898, by B. F. Kready, administrator, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., discharging rule on Franklin Bowman, administrator of George Bear, deceased, to show cause why he should not pay to administrator of Ann Menge, deceased, the share awarded to her administrator, as per auditor’s report of said estate, made January 15,1898. Rule on Franklin Bowman, administrator of George Bear, deceased, to show cause why he should not pay to Thomas J. Wright, administrator of Ann Menge, deceased, the share awarded to her administrator, as per auditor’s report in estate of George…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Portee, J.,
George Bear died January 10, 1880, intestate. The report of the auditors upon the account of the administrator was confirmed February 11, 1881, and directed distribution to be made to the first cousins of the decedent. As to the share of Ann Menge, the auditors reportéd: “ This daughter, Ann Bear, the evidence shows, has been absent and unheard of for a period of years sufficient to raise a legal presumption of her death; but fhe evidence does not show whether the legal period, at which the presumption would arise, occurred before or after the death •of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wither's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
- Bear's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Logan v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1845
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. DrachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- Walthour's Adm'rs v. Walthour's Adm'rsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
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