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IN RE:)In the Orphan's Court of
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ESTATE OF ELIZABETH )Washington County,
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JOHNS,)Pennsylvania.
)ltdDeceased.)No.of 1970.
PETITION FOR FAMILY EXEMPTION AND PETITION
IN AN ESTATE OF LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED
($2,500.00)DOLLARS UNDER ART.II.,SEC.202
OF THE FIDUCIARIES ACT OF 1949,P.L.512,
6i,AS AMENDED
TO THE HONORABLE,THE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
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The Petition of Paul John~respectfully represents:
1.That your petitioner is the widower of the deceased,
Elizabeth Johns.
2.That the residence of the decedent was 132 Verona
Drive,Washington,Washington County,Pennsylvania.
3.That the decedent died on February 2,1970,at
Washington,Washington County,Pennsylvania,and was sixty-two
(i2)years of age.
4.That your petitioner and the decedent,Elizabeth
Johns,lived together until the time of her death and a family
relationship was maintained.
5.That the estate of the decedent is in a small amount
not sufficient to warrant administration and filing of inventory,
account and audit petition.
i.That the estate of the decedent is composed entirely
of personal property,being a Mellon National Bank and Trust
Company checking account,Account No.449-li28 in the amount
of $1,372.13.
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7.That the decedent left to survive her the following
heirs:
NAME
Paul Johns
James E.Tharp
Norma Mae Spencer
AGE RELATIONSHIP ADDRESS
Sui Juris Widower 132 Verona Dr.
Washington,pa~
Sui Juris Son .199 Palm Stree
Washington,Pa.
Sui Juris Daughter Route i
Westminster,M •
And furthermore,there are no other heirs who have and
assert a claim for the share of the estate of the decedent.
8.That your petitioner is sui juris.
9;That the only creditor of the estate of the
decedent is as follows:
NAME
Cowieson Funeral Home
PLACE OF BUSINESS
395 East Maiden st.
Washington,Penna.
AMOUNT
$859.90
10.That this Petition for settle~e~t'is'm'de ~ur~uant
to the provisions of Art.II.Sec.202 of the Fiduciaries Act of
1949,P.L.512,as amended,as Elizabeth Johns,deceased,domicile
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,in the County of Washington,
and leaving an estate composed of a checking account of a gross
value not exceeding Twenty-five Hundred ($2,500.00)Dollars.
11,That this Petition is also a Petition for Family
Exemption requesting that the balance of the money after payment
is made to the Cowieson Funeral Home be paid to him as his family
exemption.
WHEREFORE,your petitioner prays your Honorable Court to
enter a Decree of Distribution of the checking account located in
the Mellon National Bank and Trust Company in the amount of
$1,372.13 without further notice or with such notice as your
Honorable Court may deem necessary and without grant of letters
testamentary.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
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Before me,the undersigned authority,personally
appeared PAUL JOHNS--------------------------,
who,being dUly sworn according to law,deposes and says
that the facts set forth in the foregoing Petition
are true and correct as he---------------verily believes.
-~~au Joh
Sworn to and subsc~tbed before me
February ,1970 •-this 13th day of ---_..:..-
_DARLENE NICHOLAS
.....N6tary'Public.Washington.Washington Co.
,-.c .s Januar"17.1972MycommissIOnLxPIlC1
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IN RE:)In the Orphan's Court of
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ESTATE OF ELIZABETH )Washington County,
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JOHNS,)Pennsylvania.
)/GQDeceased.)No.of 1970.
DECREE OF DISTRIBUTION
I(~titANDNOW,this ~-aay of February,1970,the
foregoing Petition for settlement of an estate of less than
Twenty-five Hundred ($2,500.00)Dollars and for family exemption,
having been presented in open Court and upon consideration there-
of and upon motion of John Solomon,Esq.,Attorney for the
Petitioner,it is ORDERED,ADJUDGED and DECREED that ·the Mellon
National Bank~d Trust Company checking account in the amount
of One Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-two and 13(100 ($1,372.13)
Dollars shall be distributed in the following manner:
TO:PAUL JOHNS,the sum of Eight Hundred Fifty-nine and 90/100
($859.90)Dollars to be applied to the payment of the funeral
expense and the balance of Five Hundred Twelve and 23/100
"'1'I~r"F($512.23)Dollars to be paid to Paul Johns as~his family
exemption and the Mellon National Bank and Trust Company is
requested and authorized to distribute said amounts to Paul
Johns as decreed.
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