Strauss's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 117, July T., 1894, by Jennie Bonowitz et al., from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. T., 1894, No. 268, dismissing exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeal, No. 117, July T., 1894, by Jennie Bonowitz et al., from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., Jan. T., 1894, No. 268, dismissing exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. From the record it appeared that on Feb. 26, 1894, Morris Strauss filed his account as. administrator of Sophia Strauss, deceased, and at the audit of his account before Ferguson, J., the balance for distribution was claimed by the committee in lunacy of Nathan Strauss, alleging that he was the husband of deceased. It was also claimed by the brothers and sisters of deceased, who alleged that Nathan Strauss was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The learned auditing judge found from the evidence before him, that Nathan Strauss was the husband of Sophia Strauss, the decedent, and his finding was confirmed by a divided court. It is conceded that if his finding in this particular was justified *569by the evidence, the adjudication based thereon should be sustained. The brothers and sisters of the decedent, five in number, have appealed from the adjudication on the ground, as they allege, that the learned orphans’ court erred in deciding that she was the wife of Strauss. They admit that he was the father of her…
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