Legal Opinion

Hart's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 13, 1902No. 4; Appeals, Nos. 393, 398, 399 and 400PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeals, Nos. 393, 398, 399 and 400, Jan. T., 1901, by Julia C. Burton, Samuel Hart Chase, Clarissa S. Chase and Mabel B. Chase, from decree of O. C. Pliila. Co., Oct. T., 1898, No. 552, on exceptions to adjudication in estate of Samuel Hart, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. At the adjudication it appeared that the estate held 1,366 shares of the stock of the New York Consolidated Card Com-pany.

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Appeals, Nos. 393, 398, 399 and 400, Jan. T., 1901, by Julia C. Burton, Samuel Hart Chase, Clarissa S. Chase and Mabel B. Chase, from decree of O. C. Pliila. Co., Oct. T., 1898, No. 552, on exceptions to adjudication in estate of Samuel Hart, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. At the adjudication it appeared that the estate held 1,366 shares of the stock of the New York Consolidated Card Com-pany. It appeared that it was important that this company should enter into a combination with certain other companies. Some of the stockholders refused to go into the arrangement, and the parties…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Dean,

A statement of the facts preceding and connected with the account of Charles Henry Hart, executor and trustee of his *500father, Samuel Hart, deceased, is given in the appeal of Charles Henry Hart, from same degree, opinion on which is handed down this day. As to these appeals, that of Julia C. Burton and others, we are of opinion that the court below properly held, that when the heirs agreed to the purchase of the antagonistic stock and that one half of the purchase money should be realized by a loan to be made by the executor and that further, when they consented,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Norris's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
  2. Swartswalter's AccountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835
  3. Holman's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Tucker v. BrownWashington Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Harris v. SilvisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  3. Locher's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
  4. Pryor's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  5. Fellows v. LoomisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903

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