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· 6/7/1893

Cremer's Estate

Citations

  • 156 Pa. 40
  • 26 A. 782
  • 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1307

Syllabus

<p>Intestate laws — Distribution—First cousins — Act of June 3, 1885.</p> <p>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.</p>

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  • indicating that courts should balance the equities of mistaken improver’s right to compensation against unfairness of making true owner pay for improvements

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Judges: Ctjkiam, Dean, Green, Mitchell, Pee, Sterrett, Williams

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