Riddle's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny county. The account of the executors of the will of John Riddle, Sr., deceased, was filed in October, 1848. Exceptions were filed to it in October, 1848, at the instance of heirs and legal representatives of John Riddle, Jr., a son of the deceased.
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Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny county. The account of the executors of the will of John Riddle, Sr., deceased, was filed in October, 1848. Exceptions were filed to it in October, 1848, at the instance of heirs and legal representatives of John Riddle, Jr., a son of the deceased. Auditors were appointed, and in their report the amount of certain moneys was charged as advancements made to John Riddle, Jr., the same being for moneys advanced for his education, &c. It appeared that the latter did not object to the charges for his education, believing it to have been the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Lewis, J.
A bill of review, according to the first of the ordinances of Lord Chancellor Bacon respecting bills of that hind, can be brought only in two cases. The first is for error in law, appearing in the body of the decree, without further examination of matters of fact; and the second is for new matter which hath arisen after the decree. A bill of review may also, by special leave, be allowed for new proof that has come to light after the decree, which could not possibly have been used at the time when it passed. It is said that this rule has never…
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