Hoffman's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 222, Oct. T., 1907, by J. W. Hoffman, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., May T., 1905, No. 39, dismissing exceptions to redistribution in Estate of John Hoffman, deceased. Exceptions to redistribution. Before Smith, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in dismissing exception to redistribution.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The estate of John Hoffman was the subject of distribution proceedings in the orphans’ court of Lancaster county, in which a decree was entered by that court. From'that decree Margaret B. Gross, a creditor, appealed to this court. That appeal was sustained (Hoffman’s Estate, 32 Pa. Superior Ct. 646). The effect of the .decree of the Superior Court was to entitle her to participate in the distribution of the estate of the decedent on a .note signed by the decedent payable to J. W. Hoffman, which he had indorsed to Margaret B. Gross as collateral security for a note…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth ex rel. McDonald v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Hoffman's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1907