Estate of Young

Citations

• 137 Pa. 433
• 21 A. 93
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 985

Syllabus

<p>(a) On the distribution of the insolvent estate of a decedent, his widow, alleging that her separate estate had supplied a part of the purchase money, when, forty years before, her husband purchased from her father real estate the proceeds of the sale of which were in the fund for distribution, made claim to a proportionate share of such proceeds, under a trust resulting in her favor:</p> <p>1. Her claim being asserted'for the first time after so long a delay, and supported only by a charge of cash against her on her father’s books, indefinite as to date, and by evidence of declarations made by her father and husband, but not at the time of the conveyance and part of the res gestse, the evidence was insufficient to establish the trust asserted, and the claim was disallowed.</p>