Scott's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of July Term, 1885, No. 143. Appeal of Robert Scott, surviving trustee under the will of James Jackson, deceased, and James G. Woodrow; executor of John T. Weir, deceased, co-trustee of said Robert Scott, from a decree of said court granting the petition of the remainderman, Nancy Brown, for a review of the adjudication of the joint account filed by said appellants, as of the date of the death of John T. Weir, the…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of July Term, 1885, No. 143. Appeal of Robert Scott, surviving trustee under the will of James Jackson, deceased, and James G. Woodrow; executor of John T. Weir, deceased, co-trustee of said Robert Scott, from a decree of said court granting the petition of the remainderman, Nancy Brown, for a review of the adjudication of the joint account filed by said appellants, as of the date of the death of John T. Weir, the deceased trustee, and from the decree of said court dismissing certain exceptions filed by said appellants to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The first assignment alleges that the court below erred in granting the petition for a bill of review, and the second that the court erred in decreeing that the adjudication of June 13th, 1884 be opened.
It was conceded that the petition for a review laid no ground demanding relief as a matter of right. It was granted in the equitable discretion of the court. It is not denied that *436the appellees had ample notice of the adjudication of June 13th, 1884, and might, had they desired, have attended in person or been represented by counsel. The excuse that they resided in Ireland and could not…
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