Young's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Oonrt of Allegheny county: Of October and November Temí 1881. No. 90. This ivas an appeal by James S. Young, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a., and substituted trustee of the estate of G.iison C. Lightcap, Sr., deceased, from a decree of the said court setting aside a former decree surcharging Maria Dempsey, administratrix of Samuel L. Robinson, executor and trustee under the will of said Gilson O. Lightcap, Sr., with a .certain sum, and…
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Appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Oonrt of Allegheny county: Of October and November Temí 1881. No. 90. This ivas an appeal by James S. Young, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a., and substituted trustee of the estate of G.iison C. Lightcap, Sr., deceased, from a decree of the said court setting aside a former decree surcharging Maria Dempsey, administratrix of Samuel L. Robinson, executor and trustee under the will of said Gilson O. Lightcap, Sr., with a .certain sum, and confirming the account of said Robinson as executor filed by his said administratrix. Gilson C. Lightcap, Sr., died…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
"When this case was here before, the question involved in the present contention was not before us. It follows that the decision then made determined nothing as to the matter now in controversy. It cannot be doubted that the court below bad ample power to correct the error of its original decree, either under or independently of the Act of 13th October 1840. Nothing bad been done under the decree, and if it was erroneous it ought to be corrected in the interest of justice and by the court that made it. We held in Parker’s Appeal, 11 P. F. Smith 478, that the Orphans’ Court, under the Act of…
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- Chappell's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
- Ehrhart's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Lawler v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Graham's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
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