Dietterich v. Heft
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Northampton county. March 15. Dietterich was the guardian of Elizabeth Heft, and from the final decree of the court on his accounts both parties appealed.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Northampton county. March 15. Dietterich was the guardian of Elizabeth Heft, and from the final decree of the court on his accounts both parties appealed. In August, 1835, the guardian filed his first account for the preceding five years, in which he charged himself with various sums received, and interest on portions thereof loaned by him, showing a balance of $3934 10. In January, 1843, on a citation at the instance of the ward’s father, he filed a second account charging himself with interest on the balance of the former account, and with some small sums…
1Opinion of the CourtCoulter, J.
The auditors reported a balance due his late ward from the guardian, on the 26th January, 1844, of f5,958 64; which report was confirmed by the court, and an order or decree made that the guardian should pay over that amount to the said Elizabeth. In the account, which was part of the report of the auditors, and resulted in the balance above stated, rests were adopted, and the interest accumulated on the principal every three years, until the period of settlement; by the operation of •which mode of settlement, the guardian was charged with a large amount of interest above six per cent.,…
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