DAVIS ESTATE


365 Pa. 605 (1950)

Davis Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 20, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Vaira, with him Paul N. Barna, for appellant.

Ralph B. Umsted, Deputy Attorney General, with him George O. Frazier, Charles J. Margiotti, Attorney General, D.M. Anderson, Jr. and Anderson & Anderson, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES and LADNER, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE DREW, November 20, 1950:

Joseph Davis died, intestate and without known heirs, on February 17, 1948, in Donora, Washington County. An administrator was appointed and when the estate was called for audit William Davis, appellant, appeared and claimed the estate as decedent's half brother and sole heir. After hearing much testimony, the learned court below dismissed his claim and awarded the estate to the Commonwealth under the Intestate...

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