Rigby's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 60, April T., 1901, by Mary Ann Jones, from decree of O. C. Lawrence Co., March T., 1899, No. 25, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in the Estate of John Rigby, Deceased. Exceptions to auditor’s report.
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Appeal, No. 60, April T., 1901, by Mary Ann Jones, from decree of O. C. Lawrence Co., March T., 1899, No. 25, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in the Estate of John Rigby, Deceased. Exceptions to auditor’s report. The auditor, Charles E. Mehard, Esq., found the facts to be as follows: John Rigby died July 1,1894. Letters testamentary were not taken out in his estate until September, 1894. During the interval between the death of John Rigby and the time letters testamentary were granted, his household goods were disposed of to some person or persons. Leah Rigby testifies that Mary Ann…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The questions which are presented in this case arise under proceedings in the orphans’ court, distributing the balance in the hands of the executors of the decedent. The first assignment of error relates to the decree of the court in sustaining the auditor in not surcharging the executors with the value of certain household goods. The testimony in regard to these goods was contradictory, and, having been passed upon by the auditor and approved by the court, we will not, under our rule, interfere. There is nothing in the case which mates it exceptional.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Eshleman v. Martic TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Finney's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Estate of RigbySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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- Titus's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Warren County · 1932