In re Estate of Hoffman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 314, Jan. T., 1897, hy George D. Hoffman, from decree of O. C. Lycoming Co., Dec. T., 1888, No. 21, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor’s report. The facts appear by the opinion of Metzger, P. J., which was as follows:. A number of exceptions have been filed by the administrator to the report of the auditor in this case.
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Appeal, No. 314, Jan. T., 1897, hy George D. Hoffman, from decree of O. C. Lycoming Co., Dec. T., 1888, No. 21, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor’s report. The facts appear by the opinion of Metzger, P. J., which was as follows:. A number of exceptions have been filed by the administrator to the report of the auditor in this case. The first exception we regard as an important one, involving, as it does, the question whether the administrator should account in the orphans’ court for the rents, issues and profits of the farm. There can be no doubt that as a…
1Opinion of the Court
Per. Curiam,
We are not convinced that the special facts and circumstances of this case did not justify the court below in departing from the ordinary rule, and in disposing of it as shown by the record. A careful consideration of the evidence has satisfied us that the appellant has not been unjustly prejudiced by the action of the court below, and his conduct, as found by the learned president of that court, was not such as should induce us, on any technical ground, to relieve him from the consequences of a decree of which he at least has no just reason to complain.
Decree affirmed and appeal…
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- Morrison's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Slotkin EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1965
- Gaston's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Pike County · 1947