Johnston's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 23, Oct. T., 1908, by Katharine J. Sutton, from decree of O. C. Indiana Co., Dec. T., 1906, No. 26, dismissing exceptions to account of John B. Taylor, administrator of estate of S. A. Johnston, deceased. Exceptions to administrator’s account. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Errors assigned were in allowing certain credits to the accountant, but not setting forth the exceptions in their exact words, nor the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
This appeal is from the action of the court below in disposing of ten exceptions to the account of John B. Taylor, administrator of the estate of S. A. Johnston, -deceased. By these exceptions the appellant sought to surcharge the accountant on certain items with which he had charged himself at their appraisement in the inventory; to have credits disallowed for depreciation in the appraised value of other items; to have him charged with more interest than he charged himself with, and to reduce his commissions and the fee charged by his attorney. Five of these…
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