Legal Opinion

Nace's Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 27, 1913No. Appeal, No. 218PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal, No. 218, Oct. T., 1912, by Harvey Nace et al., from decree of O. C. Bucks Co., May T., 1912, sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report in Estate of Mary Ann Nace, deceased. Exceptions to report of Howard I. James, Esq., auditor. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report.

1Opinion of the Court

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Porter, J.,

Mary Ann Nace died March 7, 1910, intestate, and the fund for distribution in the present proceeding is shown by the account of the administrator of her estate to be the proceeds of personal property. She was the widow of Jonas Nace, deceased, having been his second wife. An auditor having been appointed to make distribution of the fund, the appellants, who are the heirs of Jonas Nace, being his children by a first marriage, presented a claim for $1,200, with interest from March 7, 1910, alleging that it was a debt for which Mary Ann Nace was personally liable, and which…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Carver v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
  2. Baum v. TonkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
  3. Mehaffy v. DobbsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
  4. Scott v. FieldsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1838
  5. Smith v. WebsterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834

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  1. Germantown Trust Co. v. Stanley Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940

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