Appeal of Lewis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
RTtOM THE DECREE OP THE ORPHANS’ COURT OE UNION COUNTY. No. 434 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not given. On May 20, 1869, John L. Lewis died intestate, leaving no widow but five children, as his heirs at law.
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RTtOM THE DECREE OP THE ORPHANS’ COURT OE UNION COUNTY. No. 434 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not given. On May 20, 1869, John L. Lewis died intestate, leaving no widow but five children, as his heirs at law. After unsuccessful proceedings by bill in equity to enforce an alleged family arrangement and disposition of the property, partition proceedings were instituted in the Orphans’ Court, wherein the real estate of the decedent was divided, accepted at the valuation by certain heirs entitled, and awarded to them by formal decrees, upon their entering into…
1Per curiam
The only question here is whether the auditor erred in finding that Thomas S. Lewis, the appellant, was advanced three thousand dollars in the purchase of the Kelly farm. This is a question of fact and the finding was against the appellant. The learned Orphans’ Court sustained the auditor, and the case is now here upon appeal. We are asked to reverse both the court and the auditor upon a question of fact. It may be that the finding might have been the other way, but we are not prepared to say it should have been. There was evidence, and we think sufficient evidence, to sustain the finding.
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