Knight's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 364 and 422, by Frank A. Knight, and Bucks County Trust Company, Trustee of Estate of Frank A. Knight, under the will of Jesse W. Knight, late of Bristol Borough, deceased, from decree of O. C. Bucks Co,, dismissing exceptions to report of auditor, in Estate of Jesse W. Knight, Deceased. Exceptions to report- of Hiram H. Keller, Auditor. Before Ryan, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the exceptions.
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Appeals, Nos. 364 and 422, by Frank A. Knight, and Bucks County Trust Company, Trustee of Estate of Frank A. Knight, under the will of Jesse W. Knight, late of Bristol Borough, deceased, from decree of O. C. Bucks Co,, dismissing exceptions to report of auditor, in Estate of Jesse W. Knight, Deceased. Exceptions to report- of Hiram H. Keller, Auditor. Before Ryan, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the exceptions. Frank A. Knight and Bucks County Trust Company appealed. Errors assigned were in dismissing the exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
We have here two appeals from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Bucks County dismissing exceptions, and confirming the report of an auditor appointed to make distribution in the estate of Jesse W. Knight, deceased. At the date of his death, November 19, 1912, Jesse W. Knight held a promissory note of his son Frank A. Knight, dated August 1, 1892, for $325.00, payable *292one year after date. He also held ten promissory notes of his son, John D. Knight, aggregating $2,139.48, all long overdue. Frank A. Knight survived his father, but John D. Knight died July 20,…
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