Claims for Decedent’s Conversion Were Barred (Pa. Super. NP)

Appellant’s claims against the estate for the decedent’s sales of his cars while he was incarcerated were barred by res judicata because he had unsuccessfully brought the same claims twice in federal court and were also barred by the two year statute of limitations for the conversion of personal property. The appellant’s claims against the property allegedly purchased by the decedent with the proceeds of conversion were outside of the administration of the estate and not proper objections to the account of the executor because the decedent had purchased the property as joint tenants with her granddaughter and so the property was not an asset of the estate. Finally, the register of wills had the power to admit a later will to probate after the original probate and grant of letters because the later will was filed within three months of death and so the probate of the later will was allowed under 20 Pa.C.S. § 3138, and no notice to the appellant was required because he was not a party in interest. In re: Estate of Bonnie M. Scheerbaum, 1331 WDA 2024 (Pa. Super. 6/30/2026) (non-precedential).

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