Wick's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 118, April T., 1912, by G. G. Stage, Executor, from decree of O. C. Mercer ■ Co., April T., 1910, No. 10, sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report in Estate of A. L. Wick, deceased. Exceptions to auditor’s report. The case on its merits turned on the question of fact. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Where the finding of an auditor is an inference from established facts, as was the case here, the court can reach a correct conclusion quite as readily as he, and less hesitation is felt in reversing such finding than one arrived at from disputed testimony involving the veracity and intelligence of witnesses: Dingee v. Wood, 228 Pa. 250. Upon full consideration of this case on the merits, we are of opinion that, except for a slight mistake of figures, to which we shall refer hereafter, the orphans’ court reached a correct and just conclusion from the evidence, and, although it was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mellon's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
- Gallagher's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
- Case of the Estate of KochSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
- Dingee v. WoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Fuhrman's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
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