Estate of Corson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY SABAH YEAKEL, EXRX. OF MARIA CORSON, DECEASED, FROM THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. No. 388 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not given.
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APPEAL BY SABAH YEAKEL, EXRX. OF MARIA CORSON, DECEASED, FROM THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. No. 388 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not given. On July 29, 1887, Rev. J. Q. McAtee filed his first account as executor of the will of Mary A. Corson, deceased, showing a balance for distribution of $11,819. To this account, Maria Corson, the mother of the testatrix, filed exceptions, alleging, inter alia, that the accountant should be surcharged with a U. S. bond for $1,000 and 100 shares of North. Pac. R. Co. stock, as of the estate of the' decedent, and that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice McCollum:
The accountant was a competent witness in his own behalf, as to all relevant matters, after the exceptant had compelled him to testify as if under cross-examination: § 7, act of May 23, 1887, P. L. 160. His credibility, like that of any other witness, was for the auditor, who, in weighing his testimony, should and presumably did have due regard to his position and interest in the cause. His explanation of the transfer to him of the $1,000 United States bond was complete, clear, and uncontradicted by any evidence, direct or circumstantial, and it showed that he…
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