Tyson v. Rittenhouse

Citations

• 186 Pa. 137
• 40 A. 476
• 1898 Pa. LEXIS 969

Syllabus

<p>Jurisdiction — Gommon pleas — Orphans' court — Decedents' estates — Executors and administrators — Distribution.</p> <p>The court of common pleas has no jurisdiction of a bill in equity filed by the executor of a husband against the executor of a wife, where it appears that both estates are in process of settlement in the orphans’ court, and the matter in controversy is the title of property in process of distribution. In such a case the orphans’ court has exclusive jurisdiction, not only to distribute the property, but also to restrain by injunction any action by either of the litigants, which would cause irreparable damage to the other.</p>