Kuhns's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county: Of May Term 1878, No. 122. Appeal by Lavinia Kuhns from the decree of the court dismissing her petition to open and review the account of her late guardian John B. Stehman.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county: Of May Term 1878, No. 122. Appeal by Lavinia Kuhns from the decree of the court dismissing her petition to open and review the account of her late guardian John B. Stehman. The petition, which was presented on January 6th 1877, set forth that the petitioner was the daughter of Isaac R. Kuhns, of Lancaster county, who died intestate in October 1864; that on August 24th 1865, Stehman was appointed her guardian; that Isaac R. Kuhns died seised and possessed of considerable real and personal estate; that by order of court the real estate was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
The guardian’s account was confirmed at June Term 1871. The petition for review was presented on January 6th 1877. The alleged error is, that the accountant did not charge himself with $1090.46, the difference between the sum he had received, as her share of her father’s estate, and the sum shown in the account. On the 10th day of April 1871, the balance on the face of the account was paid to the petitioner, whereupon she gave a formal receipt in full satisfaction.
Section 1 of the Act of October 13th 1840, Purd. Dig. 1109, gives a right to rehearing of so much of a guardian’s account as is…
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