Estate of Moses
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 108, Nov. T., 1896, by Clifton Pennypacker, Ella Hause and Maggie James, grandnephew and grandnieces of Jacob Moses, the testator, they being children of Silas Pennypacker, deceased, who was a son of Mary Pennypacker, deceased, who was a sister of Jacob Moses, the testator, from the decree of O. C. Chester Co., affirming the auditor’s report making distribution. Exceptions to auditor’s report.
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Appeal, No. 108, Nov. T., 1896, by Clifton Pennypacker, Ella Hause and Maggie James, grandnephew and grandnieces of Jacob Moses, the testator, they being children of Silas Pennypacker, deceased, who was a son of Mary Pennypacker, deceased, who was a sister of Jacob Moses, the testator, from the decree of O. C. Chester Co., affirming the auditor’s report making distribution. Exceptions to auditor’s report. The facts sufficiently appear from the report of William But? ler, Jr., auditor, which is as follows: By the ninth item the testator gives to the children of his brother Samuel Moses one…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oklady, J.,
The report of the auditor, which was confirmed by the learned court below, covers practically all that may be said with advantage on the subject of controversy.
Gross’s Appeal, 10 Pa. 360, rules the one under consideration and is a binding authority on this court. Nor does it stand alone: Guenther’s Appeal, 4 W. N. C. 41; Ashburner’s Estate, 159 Pa. 545; Bradley’s Estate, 166 Pa. 300; Striewig’s Estate, 169 Pa. 61, when before the court of last resort raised substantially the same question, and the rule of distribution has not been changed.
The decree of the court is…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ashburner's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Bradley's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Gross's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1849
- Striewig's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
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