Porter's Appeals
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals from the Common Pleas and Orphans’ Court of Northampton county. These were two appeals by James M. Porter, from the decrees of the Common Pleas and Orphans’ Court, disallowing the exceptions taken by him to the amount of fees charged by the auditors appointed to audit the accounts of Samuel Wilhelm, executor and testamentary trustee of Peter Miller, deceased.
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Appeals from the Common Pleas and Orphans’ Court of Northampton county. These were two appeals by James M. Porter, from the decrees of the Common Pleas and Orphans’ Court, disallowing the exceptions taken by him to the amount of fees charged by the auditors appointed to audit the accounts of Samuel Wilhelm, executor and testamentary trustee of Peter Miller, deceased. The auditors had charged for their services in the two cases $6000, to be divided in the manner specified in their report. The courts below dismissed the exceptions filed by the appellant, and confirmed the reports; being of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
— The auditors in Peter Miller’s estate charged for their services $6000 — $4000 in the case referred to them by the Orphans’ Court, and $2000 in the case referred to them by the Common Pleas.
To these charges, James M. Porter, one of the parties interested in said estate, excepted; and the court dismissed, his exceptions, and allowed the fees, on the ground that the agreement of 18th November 1850, fully discussed in Miller’s Appeals, herewith decided, constituted the auditors’ final arbiters of their own fees as of the other questions…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Respublica v. County Commissioners of Philadelphia CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1805
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. City Trust, Safe Deposit & Surety Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Respublica v. County Commissioners of Philadelphia CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1805
- Welscher's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Hottenstein's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Lehigh County · 1924
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