Case Name: Winsmore's Estate
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1937-03-22
Citations: 325 Pa. 303
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 31
Parties: Winsmore’s Estate.
Judges: Before Kepi-iart, C. J., Schaffer, Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern and Barnes, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 325
Pages: 303–304

Head Matter:
Winsmore’s Estate.
Argued January 11, 1937.
Before Kepi-iart, C. J., Schaffer, Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern and Barnes, JJ.
James J. O’Brien, of Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Franhel, with him George T. Butler, for appellant.
J. II. Ward Hinlcson, for appellee.
March 22, 1937:

Opinion:
Per Curiam,
The sole question to be determined op this appeal is whether the ownership of an account with a brokerage firm was in decedent or her son. The court below found from sufficient evidence that this account, nominally in decedent's name on its books, was in fact the account of her son, and that it was opened with that understanding and treated by the firm as his account. It concluded that the debit balance was the personal obligation of her son. These findings are supported by evidence and must be accepted as binding on this appeal: Seidel's Estate, 322 Pa. 142, 143; Pusey's Estate, 321 Pa. 248, 260, 261. As this was a claim against a decedent's estate, the burden rested on appellant to clearly establish it: Donlevy's Estate, 323 Pa. 173, 176.
Decree affirmed at appellant's cost.