Estate of Waesch

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania January 21, 1895

Estate of Waesch, 166 Pa. 204 (Pa. 1895)

30 A. 1124; 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1177

Dean, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Pell, Sterrett, Williams

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Both of the questions presented by the specifications of error, *207were rightly decided by the orphans’ court. It is unnecessary to add anything to what has been said by the learned president of that court, and we therefore affirm the decree on his opinion.

Decree affirmed, and appeal dismissed with costs to be paid by appellant.

Reference

Full Case Name: Estate of Eva Waesch, Appeal of John Waesch, Administrator
Cited By: 33 cases
Status: Published
Syllabus: Decedents’ estates—Husband and wife—Funeral expenses. A husband is primarily liable for medical attendance and other expenses incident to his wife’s illness and death, although she has a separate estate. If the husband is insolvent the wife’s estate is liable, but if there is any balance for distribution, such expenses should be deducted from the husband’s distributive share of his wife’s estate. Decedents' estates—Distribution—Illegitimates—Act of April 27, 1855. The act of April 27, 1855, P. L. 868, providing that illegitimate children shall inherit from their mother, makes no distinction between residents and nonresidents.