Patton's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 129, Oct. T., 1901, by-Thomas W. Patton, Administrator, from decree of O. 0. Bucks County, awarding writ of attachment in the Estate of Cornelius J. Patton, Deceased. Petition for leave to file exceptions nunc pro tunc to auditor’s report. Petition for an attachment against administrator.
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Appeal, No. 129, Oct. T., 1901, by-Thomas W. Patton, Administrator, from decree of O. 0. Bucks County, awarding writ of attachment in the Estate of Cornelius J. Patton, Deceased. Petition for leave to file exceptions nunc pro tunc to auditor’s report. Petition for an attachment against administrator. From the record it appeared that the account of Thomas W, Patton, administrator of Cornelius J. Patton, had been referred to Henry Lear, Esq., as auditor, who surcharged the accountant with $75.00, being half of a sum paid to an undertaker. The auditor after appropriating the amount of the…
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Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
The report of the auditor finding a balance due from the appellant to the estate of which he was administrator, was, on August 8, 1900, confirmed absolutely, and on November 19, of the same year, the court refused leave to the appellant to file exceptions nunc pro tunc. This was certainly a final adjudication upon the account of the administrator, and no appeal having been taken therefrom within the statutory period we cannot consider the assignments of error which relate to the proceedings before the auditor and the ascertainment of the amount due from the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chew's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
- Tome's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865
- Wilson v. Wilson, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Huntingdon County1891
- Church's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
- In re GarisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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