Stehman's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Deo. 8. This was an appeal by Tobias Stehman, assignee of Henry Dietrich, under a- deed of voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors, from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county, confirming, with certain corrections, the report of auditors appointed by said court to examine and report upon the exceptions filed to the accounts of the said assignee.
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Deo. 8. This was an appeal by Tobias Stehman, assignee of Henry Dietrich, under a- deed of voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors, from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county, confirming, with certain corrections, the report of auditors appointed by said court to examine and report upon the exceptions filed to the accounts of the said assignee. After a careful examination of a very voluminous paper-book, it appeared that the following brief extracts from the opinion of Judge Lewis, on the exceptions filed to the report of auditors in the court below, would…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
In this case four objections to the report of the auditors, and the decree of the court thereon, are principally insisted on by the appellant; these are, 1st. The refusal of the auditors to allow for any loss on sales of the property assigned, beyond the sum of $16 06-J. 2d. Their charge against the assignee, of $250 a year, rent of the real estate of assignor, for the years 1833 and 1834. 3d. Their refusal to allow a credit for an alleged payment of the sum of $550, made by the assignee before the assignment, to Christian Martin, in payment of a debt due from the assignor; and 4th, the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Harland's AccountsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835
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- Harris v. SilvisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Locher's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907