Reber's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 20, Jan. T., 1900, by James C. Reber, administrator of the estate of John Reber, deceased, and a creditor of said John Reber, deceased, from definitive decree of O. C. Union Co., Jan. T., 1898, No. 173, reversing report of the auditor upon distribution and awarding a dividend to T. A. Purdy out of the fund in the hands of the administrator of John Reber, deceased. Opinion by Beaver, J. Exceptions to auditor’s report.
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Appeal, No. 20, Jan. T., 1900, by James C. Reber, administrator of the estate of John Reber, deceased, and a creditor of said John Reber, deceased, from definitive decree of O. C. Union Co., Jan. T., 1898, No. 173, reversing report of the auditor upon distribution and awarding a dividend to T. A. Purdy out of the fund in the hands of the administrator of John Reber, deceased. Opinion by Beaver, J. Exceptions to auditor’s report. Before McCi/ure, P. J. It appears from the record that the controversy arose in the distribution of the estate of John Reber, deceased, the administrator’s account…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver,. J.,
A corporate indebtedness, as was very properly found by the auditor and approved by the court below, was created by the note dated February 24, 1887, drawn by T. H. Purdy, president, Lemuel Shipman, secretary, and Cyrus Dreisbach, treasurer, payable to and indorsed by Lemuel Shipman, B. F. Kelly, John Beber and T. H. Purdy and discounted by the Lewisburg National Bank, and the proceeds carried to the credit of C. Dreisbach, treasurer of the Lewisburg Furniture & Planing Mill Company. This note was renewed from time to time until March 26, 1892, when a note was given in…
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