Legal Opinion

Catanach's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 20, 1922No. Appeals, Nos. 192 and 286PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeals, Nos. 192 and 286, Jan. T., 1922, by Jessie C. Nevin, from decree of O. C. Chester Co., Account Book Docket 61, dismissing exceptions to accounts in estate of Adam A. Catanach. Exceptions to report of Miss Isabel Darlington, auditor. Before Butler, P. J. The opinion of tbe Supreme Court states the case. Exceptions dismissed. Jessie C. Nevin appealed. Errors assigned, inter alia, were decrees, quoting them.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Schaffer,

There are two appeals to be considered here which will be disposed of as one; each is from the dismissal of exceptions to an account in the estate of Adam A. Catanach, deceased, and both are by Jessie C. Nevin, one of his executrixes, of whom there were three, all daughters of decedent; the fourth executor, an accountant, was in decedent’s lifetime his attorney.

The litigation, long protracted, is the result of suspicion and ill-will of exceptant toward her sisters. It would have been wise advice to have discouraged her from pursuing it early in the proceeding.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wickersham's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
  2. Hartnett Co. v. Poultry Fancier Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Casani's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Davidson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Harbaugh's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  4. Merrill v. CavagnaroCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
  5. In Re: Estate of Ephraim J. CusterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1928

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