Cremer's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Cremer's Estate, 156 Pa. 40 (Pa. 1893)
26 A. 782; 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1307
Ctjkiam, Dean, Green, Mitchell, Pee, Sterrett, Williams

Cremer's Estate

Opinion of the Court

Pee. Ctjkiam,

All that can be profitably said on the question presented in this case will be found in the opinion of the learned auditor, whose report was fully approved and adopted by the learned president of the orphans’ court. On that opinion we affirm the decree of the court below.

All the parties entitled to participate in the fund for distribution wore related to the intestate in the same degree. They were all first cousins, and hence the per capita distribution according to the provisions of the act of June 80, 1885, P. L. 251, was correct.

Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed at appellants’ costs.

Reference

Full Case Name
Cremer's Estate. Smeltzer's Appeal
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published
Syllabus
Intestate laws — Distribution—First cousins — Act of June 3, 1885. Under the act of June 30, 1885, P. L. 251, if the only persons entitled to take the estate of an intestate are first cousins, children of deceased uncles and aunts, distribution must be made per capita and not per stirpes.