Wallace's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 53, April T., 1909, by Chester W. Wallace, from decree of O. C. Lawrence Co., March Term, 1908, No. 25, dismissing exceptions to report of auditor in Estate of Isaac J. Wallace, deceased. Exceptions to report of Richard F. Dana, Esq., auditor. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
This is an appeal from a decree of distribution; the appellant alleging that the court below erred in awarding the $300 exemption to Lauretta A. Wallace, the alleged widow of the decedent. The appeal is by Chester W. Wallace, the executor of the will of decedent, and so far as disclosed by the record as printed in the paper-book of the appellant his only connection with the case is in his character as executor. That an executor, in his official character, has no standing to maintain an appeal from a decree distributing the fund in his hands is too well settled to require…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Yardley's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
- Hunt's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1878
- Estate of GrimmSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Estate of HinesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899