Estate of Hartzell

Citations

• 178 Pa. 286
• 35 A. 1051
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 1165

Syllabus

<p>Decedent's estates —Legacies charged on land — Remedy to enforce payment-jurisdiction of orphans' court — Act of February 24, 1834, sec. 59.</p> <p>Section 59 of the act of February 24, 1834, P. L. 84, vests the jurisdiction to enforce payment of a legacy charged on land exclusively in the orphans’ court, and the form of the remedy is by bill or petition by the legatee, and not by the executor: Hart v. Homiller, 20 Pa. 248; 23 Pa. 39, overruled, in so far as it relates to the question of practice.</p>