D'Arros's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879. No. 61. Appeal of Marie D’Arros, from the decree of the court confirming the adjudication upon the account of the executor of the estate of Marquerite Cremers, deceased. The decedent died March 28th 1874, leaving a will bearing date the day of her death. She left surviving, her husband, Oalixte Cremers, but no issue.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879. No. 61. Appeal of Marie D’Arros, from the decree of the court confirming the adjudication upon the account of the executor of the estate of Marquerite Cremers, deceased. The decedent died March 28th 1874, leaving a will bearing date the day of her death. She left surviving, her husband, Oalixte Cremers, but no issue. Decedent, after bequeathing certain pecuniary legacies to persons named in her said will, gave and bequeathed all the residue of her estate unto her sister, Mary Roberts, and further provided, as follows…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered March 3d 1879.
2Per curiam
The evidence printed in the appellant’s paper-book is headed “Summary of Testimony.” It is clear that to enable this court to review the findings of fact in the court below, the entire evidence should be brought up. The present appellant did not file exceptions, and the executor who did has not appealed. He is the only party aggrieved by the surcharge of the collateral inheritance tax, and that exception is not before us. We think, however, though the appeal might be dismissed on these grounds without going further, that the…
3Cited by1 opinion
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