Stiver's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Jefferson county in the matter of the sale of the real estate of Henry Stiver, deceased: — No. 125, to October and November Term 1866. Henry Stiver, the decedent, died in the year 1856, and administration of his estate was granted to Alexander Findlay. He left a widow, Louisa Stiver, and three minor children.
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Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Jefferson county in the matter of the sale of the real estate of Henry Stiver, deceased: — No. 125, to October and November Term 1866. Henry Stiver, the decedent, died in the year 1856, and administration of his estate was granted to Alexander Findlay. He left a widow, Louisa Stiver, and three minor children. About the 12th of February 1862, the administrator filed in the register’s office a “ partial account” of his administration, in which he charged himself with the amount of the inventory, $213.12, and some other items, making the whole…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, October 28th 1867, by
Strong, J.
Of the several exceptions taken in.the Orphans’ Court to the confirmation of the sale, the first three call in question the right of the court to make any order to sell. It is said the administrator had filed an account which had not been passed or confirmed, and that the account, if corrected, would have shown a balance in the hands of the accountant, instead of indebtedness of the estate to him. If this were so, it would be of no importance other than as exhibiting one unpaid debt less than appeared when the sale was…
2Cited by1 opinion
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