Smith's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 301, Jan. T., 1911, by Forest J. Alward, administrator, from decree of O. C. Erie Co., Feb. T., 1911, No. 51, dismissing exception to adjudication in the Estate of Maria Smith, deceased. Adjudication of administrator’s final account. Before A. B. Osborne, Esq., Auditor. The facts, appear by the opinion of the. Supreme Court. . The auditor filed a report of distribution showing a surcharge against the accountant of $2,345.75, which report was confirmed.
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Appeal, No. 301, Jan. T., 1911, by Forest J. Alward, administrator, from decree of O. C. Erie Co., Feb. T., 1911, No. 51, dismissing exception to adjudication in the Estate of Maria Smith, deceased. Adjudication of administrator’s final account. Before A. B. Osborne, Esq., Auditor. The facts, appear by the opinion of the. Supreme Court. . The auditor filed a report of distribution showing a surcharge against the accountant of $2,345.75, which report was confirmed. Errors assigned, among others, were in dismissing exceptions to auditor’s findings of fact and conclusions of law and in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
In the adjudication of his final account as administrator of the estate of Maria Smith, deceased, appellant was surcharged with the sum of $2,345.75 for money which, as the court found, belonged to the estate of his decedent, and which was unaccounted for. The appeal is from this decree of surcharge, and its correctness is the only matter for our consideration. The appellant was a grandson of Maria Smith, and for nearly a year before the latter’s death, he had held a written power of attorney as her attorney in fact. It does not appear what duties he discharged…
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