Gilbraith's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 171, Jan. T., 1921, by Margaret Lyons, claimant, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., July T., 1919, No. 687, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in estate of Jane Gilbraith, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication of Thompson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the exceptions in an opinion by Lamorelle, P. J., 29 Pa. Dist. R. 337. Margaret Lyons, claimant, appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
In the court below, appellant presented a claim for $4,110, for boarding and nursing decedent from April 12,1912, to July 17, 1917, at $15 a week. The auditing judge disallowed the claim, the court in banc sustained him, and this appeal followed. Had it been rejected by the learned and very satisfactory judge (Judge Anderson) before whom the testimony was taken, our path .would be comparatively easy to tread-; but unfortunately he died, the adjudication was written by his successor, who did not see the witnesses, .and though he and his colleagues are experts in…
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