Wendt's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 22, March T., 1900, by Henry P. Wendt, legatee of Henry Wendt, deceased, from decree of O. C. York Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in the distribution of the estate of Henry Wendt, deceased. Opinion by Orlady, J. Exceptions to auditor’s report. It appears from the auditor’s report that testator died leaving several children, one of whom, Sallie Wendt, was named as executrix of his will.
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Appeal, No. 22, March T., 1900, by Henry P. Wendt, legatee of Henry Wendt, deceased, from decree of O. C. York Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in the distribution of the estate of Henry Wendt, deceased. Opinion by Orlady, J. Exceptions to auditor’s report. It appears from the auditor’s report that testator died leaving several children, one of whom, Sallie Wendt, was named as executrix of his will. Exceptions were filed to the account of the executrix by Henry P. Wendt. In one of these exceptions he sought to charge accountant with the value of two railway bonds of the face…
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Opinion by
Obiady, J.,
Henry Wendt died June 5,1893, having made a last will and testament in which he named his daughter, Sallie Wendt, as the executrix thereof, and devised his estate, real and personal, to his widow during her natural life, and at her death the property was to be sold and the proceeds divided equally among his five children. Lydia Wendt, the widow, died December 26,1894. The executrix filed her account October 30,1896, to which exceptions were filed by Henry Wendt; these an auditor was appointed to consider and determine. The excep*647tion which is the subject of the present…
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- Commonwealth v. CromptonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Carney v. CarneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Yeakel v. McAteeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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