Metzger's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 104, Oct. T., 1911, by Levi B. Smith, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., Óct. T., 1905, No. 235, dismissing petition to make distribution in Estate of Charles W. Metzger, deceased. Petition for distribution. Before Smith, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was decree dismissing petition.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The orphans’ court of Lancaster county on July 20,1905, entered a decree adjudicating the balance in the hands of John E. Snyder, surviving executor of Charles W. Metzger, deceased, for distribution to those entitled to take under the will, to be $32,368.01. There was included in the account which made up that balance the sum of $238.27 which had been collected by the executor as rent for a certain bakery property; a dispute having arisen as to who took the property under the provisions of the will and the rents having been collected by the executor and included in his…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wusthoff v. DracourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834
- Estate of RootSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Metzger's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Best v. HammondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
- Smith v. MetzgerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1907