Legal Opinion

Robinson v. Fulton

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 17, 1918No. Appeal, No. 150PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal, No. 150, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Fayette Co., No. 413, dismissing exceptions to report of referee, in case of H. L. Robinson and W. C. McKean, Administrators of the Estate of William Crennel, Jr., Deceased, v. Elwood D. Fulton. Bill in equity for an accounting. Exceptions to report of referee. Before Van Swearingen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Exceptions dismissed. Defendant appealed.

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Appeal, No. 150, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Fayette Co., No. 413, dismissing exceptions to report of referee, in case of H. L. Robinson and W. C. McKean, Administrators of the Estate of William Crennel, Jr., Deceased, v. Elwood D. Fulton. Bill in equity for an accounting. Exceptions to report of referee. Before Van Swearingen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Exceptions dismissed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in dismissing the exceptions.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

This proceeding began by a bill in equity for an accounting. The court below decreed the accounting, which this court affirmed in 241 Pa. 572. Defendant thereupon filed two accounts; the first one frankly antagonistic to the preliminary decree, and the second upon the basis that that decree was correct. Objections were filed by plaintiff to both accounts, some of which were sustained by the referee, who restated the account; exceptions thereto filed by both parties were dismissed; and from the final decree entered by the court below defendant prosecutes this…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Crennell v. FultonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  2. Thompson v. PrettymanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  3. Beatty v. Safe Deposit & Title Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ringer v. FinfrockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  2. Allegheny By-Product Coke Co. v. J. H. Hillman & Sons Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  3. Rolshouse v. WallySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  4. De Marchi v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  5. Varian v. Valley Forge Cement Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1935

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