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Qualters' Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan 4, 1892
Appeal No. 323
Reporters:
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Before:
Ctjeiam
Pee Ctjeiam,

If the money in controversy really belonged to the appellant, ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍and had been included in his account as administrator of his wife’s estate, by mistake or through ignorance of his rights, the ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍court below would doubtless have allowed him to withdraw it from said account: Marshall v. Hoff, 1 W. 440; Miller’s Ap., 84 Pa. ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍391; High’s Est., 136 Pa. 236. The difficulty is the appellant has failed to establish a trust. Prima facie the money belonged ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍to appellant’s wife in whose name it had been deposited, and the presumption thus raised has not been overcome.

The decree is affirmed, ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍and the appeal dismissed at the cost of the appellant. C.

Case Details

Case Name: Qualters' Estate
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Date Published: Jan 4, 1892
Citations: 23 A. 348; 147 Pa. 124; 1892 Pa. LEXIS 795; Appeal No. 323
Docket Number: Appeal No. 323
Court Abbreviation: Pa.
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