Morrison's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 325, Jan. T., 1899, by B. G. Morrison, from decree of O. C. Warren Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 8, in sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report, in the estate of Stephen R. Morrison, deceased. Exceptions to report of William C. Neill, auditor. The facts appear by the opinion of Cbiswell, P. J., specially presiding, which was in part as follows: From the evidence it appears that at the time of his death the estate of the deceased was of doubtful solvency.
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Appeal, No. 325, Jan. T., 1899, by B. G. Morrison, from decree of O. C. Warren Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 8, in sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report, in the estate of Stephen R. Morrison, deceased. Exceptions to report of William C. Neill, auditor. The facts appear by the opinion of Cbiswell, P. J., specially presiding, which was in part as follows: From the evidence it appears that at the time of his death the estate of the deceased was of doubtful solvency. Besides other indebtedness the real estate in both Warren and McKean counties was incumbered by mortgages and judgments. The land in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mk. Justice Fell,
The main contention at the audit related to the accountant’s claim for compensation for services and for the allowance of expenses incurred in the management of the real estate of the decedent. All questions relating to these subjects were carefully considered and properly decided by the learned judge of the orphans’ court specially presiding., The services of the accountant were of an unusual character and of great value to the estate, but they were not performed by him entirely in his capacity as administrator. He was acting in his own interest as an heir, as a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- M'Coy v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1828
- Appeal of WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Bakes v. ReeseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- In re Estate of HoffmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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- Horn EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Wolfe v. Lewisburg Trust & Safe Deposit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Huff's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Fuller v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1947
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