Supreme Court of Pennsylvania May 22, 1944, Appeal, 4 (Gilbert Estate)

Opinion by Me.

Justice Allen M. Stearne,

The decree of the court below must be reversed. An orphans’ court does not have jurisdiction in such actions

ex delicto: Locher’s Estate (No. 1),

219 Pa. 42, 67 A. 953.

Decedent was a cashier of a national bank. A few days after his death a depositor appeared at the bank and presented a certificate of deposit for $7,426.00.