Mack & Person's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
March 20th 1871. Before Thompson, C. J., Read, Agnew and Sharswood, JJ. Williams, J., at Nisi Prius. Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Lehigh county: No. 417, to January Term 1871. This case originated in the distribution of the estate of Catharine Lerch, deceased, who died June 7th 1870. On the 17th of August 1861, William Person, the husband of her daughter Mary, was indebted to the decedent $219.57, for principal and interest of a note which was then barred…
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March 20th 1871. Before Thompson, C. J., Read, Agnew and Sharswood, JJ. Williams, J., at Nisi Prius. Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Lehigh county: No. 417, to January Term 1871. This case originated in the distribution of the estate of Catharine Lerch, deceased, who died June 7th 1870. On the 17th of August 1861, William Person, the husband of her daughter Mary, was indebted to the decedent $219.57, for principal and interest of a note which was then barred by the Statute of Limitations. At the same date, Peter Mack, the husband of her daughter Catharine, was indebted to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Sharswood, J.
So much as relates to the questions of fact which have been raised in this case may be dismissed with the *233observation that the findings of the auditor below are fully sustained by the testimony as reported by him. There was no evidence of fraud or mistake in the execution of the notes which were allowed in the account.
Mrs. Lerch perfectly understood what she had done, and although not very good at accounts and figures, was entirely competent to make such an arrangement as she did. It was in all respects a just and reasonable arrangement.…
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