Report of the Commission to Codify and Revise the Law of Decedents' Estates; Appointed Under Authority of the Act of the General Assembly of Pennsylva

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917. Excerpt: ... FIDUCIARIES ACT. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Section 1. Definition of fiduciary 93 Section 2. Granting of letters testamentary and of administration.. 94 (a) Jurisdiction of register 94 (6) Letters not to be granted after twenty-one years except on order of court 94 (c) Who entitled to letters of administration 95 (d) Petition for letters 96 Section 3. Letters of administration c. t. a. and d. b. n 96 (a) Granting of letters c. t. a 96 (6) Granting of letters d.b.n.c.t.a 97 (c) Granting of letters d.b.n; 97 (d) Powers of executors extended to administrators c. t. a... 98 (e) Powers of administrators d. b. n 98 Section 4. Granting of letters durante minoritate, durante absentia, and pendente lite 99 Section 5. Acts of administrator or executor not to be impeached although will, or later will, be discovered 100 Section 6. Presumed decedents 100 (a) Petition and advertisement 100 (6) Petition and advertisement as to ancillary letters 101 (c) Hearing by court or by examiner and master; competency of witnesses 102 (2) Decree that presumption of death is made out, and advertisement thereof 103 (e) Confirmation or vacation of decree 103 (/) Effect as to real estate; title of purchaser; bond by party selling or conveying 104 (g) Administration and distribution of estate 105 (h) Refunding bonds; appointment of trustee on refusal, neglect or inability to give bond 106 (i) Vacation of decree; effect as to acts done 107 (J) Intervention in actions by person erroneously supposed to be dead; opening of judgments 108 (k) Procedure where will, or later will, is produced after letters have been granted 109 (/) Citation by register to parties interested 110 (82) PAGE (m) Probate of will, or later will, revocation of letters and granting of new letters. 110 (-) Payment o...