Estate of Karch

Citations

• 133 Pa. 84
• 19 A. 311
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 876

Syllabus

<p>1. When a sum of money is found in a decedent’s house, at the time of his death, evidence that his wife had borrowed the same amount from her sister and given her note therefor, is sufficient to rebut the presumption that the money belonged to the decedent’s estate.</p> <p>(a) A decedent was indebted to his wife and also to her sister. He had two policies of insurance on his life, one in favor of his wife, and one in his own name in favor of his estate. At the audit of his estate, it was shown that he had stated he had insured his life to secure his wife and her sister:</p> <p>2. In such case, the decedent’s declaration was insufficient to establish that the policy for his wife’s benefit was intended as a security for his debt to her, rather than as a provision for her after his death; and the declaration may have referred to the policy in favor of his estate.</p>