Case Name: Estate of Samuel W. Bell, deceased. Appeal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1899-04-24
Citations: 191 Pa. 68
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 464
Parties: Estate of Samuel W. Bell, deceased. Appeal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Judges: Before Sterrett, C. J., Green, Williams, McCollum, Mitchell, Dean and Fell, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 191
Pages: 68–68

Head Matter:
Estate of Samuel W. Bell, deceased. Appeal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Argued Jan. 24, 1898.
Appeal, No. 464, Jan. T., 1897, by commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1897, No. , dismissing exceptions to adjudication.
Before Sterrett, C. J., Green, Williams, McCollum, Mitchell, Dean and Fell, JJ.
Affirmed.
Francis A. Osbourn, John O. Grady, John P. Elkin and Henry Q. Me Üormick, attorney general, for appellant.
Rowland Evans and R. L. Ashhurst, for appellees.
April 24, 1899:

Opinion:
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Sterrett,
This and three other cases, involving substantially the same questions, were argued with Commonwealth's Appeal, Portuondo's Estate, No. 440, January term, 1897, in which an opinion has just been filed, holding that the act of May 12,1897, is unconstitutional, etc., ante, p. 28.
For reasons given in that opinion, the decree of the court below must be sustained. "
Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed at appellant's costs.