Livingood's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 89, Jan. T., 1895, by Jacob S. Livingood, from decree of O. C. Berks Co., dismissing exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeal, No. 89, Jan. T., 1895, by Jacob S. Livingood, from decree of O. C. Berks Co., dismissing exceptions to adjudication. Exceptions to adjudication. On exceptions to the account of the executors of James C. Livingood, deceased, Bland, P. J., found the facts to be as follows: “1. That on June 1, 1877, William H. Livingood, the accountant, executed and delivered to James C. Livingood, the decedent, a common bond conditioned for the payment of $5,000 on April 1,1878, for a loan of that amount made by him from the decedent, and on the same day executed and delivered to the decedent a mortgage…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The evidence in this case is singularly free from conflict, presenting no questions of credibility. The learned counsel for the appellants has presented one view of its effect with great clearness and force. The learned orphans’ court however inclined to the opposite view of it. We have examined the testimony carefully and are satisfied that it fairly sustains the findings of fact drawn from it by the learned judge of the orphans’ court.
From these findings the decree follows logically and is now affirmed.
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