Sutch's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 13, Oct. T., 1901, by John Z. Sutch, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Sept. Term, 1898, No. 140, overruling exceptions to adjudication in the Estate or James Sutch, Deceased. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeal, No. 13, Oct. T., 1901, by John Z. Sutch, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Sept. Term, 1898, No. 140, overruling exceptions to adjudication in the Estate or James Sutch, Deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Hawkins, P. J., stated the facts to be as follows: Claims on notes for |2,000 each were presented by John Sutch and Mrs. Hasley, two of decedent’s children, to which objections were made; and thereupon a subscribing witness, H. L. King, who was also attorney for James Sutch, was called in their behalf. He testified, inter alia: “ Mr. Sutch came in himself first and stated that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
On August 9,1894, James Sutch the father of John Z., this appellant, executed two judgment notes under seal, each in the sum of $2,000 payable one year after date without interest, respectively to his two children, John Z. Sutch and Renna Hasley. The two payees were children of a first wife and the notes were made and delivered a short time after his marriage to his second wife. The father had property real and personal to the value of over $7,000. The realty consisted of a small truck farm within the municipal boundaries of Pittsburg. The family at first consisted…
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