HOUSTON ESTATE


383 Pa. 466 (1956)

Houston Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William McC. Houston and Fred C. Houston, Jr., with them Goethe Faust and Houston & Houston, for appellant.

Gene E. McDonald, with him Lightcap & McDonald, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, January 4, 1956:

The question involved is whether the transfer of a decedent's interest in a partnership was an advancement or a sale. The auditing judge ruled that it was an advancement.

The findings of fact, amply supported by the testimony, are as follows: "Anna R. Houston died intestate, January 25, 1953, survived by her three children, Joseph D. Houston, Matilda A. Haw, and Margaret Clemens as her heirs-at-law...

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