Barr's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 121, April T., 1910, by Edward A. Barr et al., from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co.-, Feb. T., 1905, No. 74, dismissing petition for bill of review in Estate of Alexander Barr, deceased. Petition to bill of review. Before Hawkins, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the petition.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing the appellants’ petition after hearing on petition, answer and evidence. The petition was for a review of the account of the acting executor under the will of Alexander Barr, deceased, and its principal object was to charge the accountant with the amount paid by the testator for pertain shares of preferred stock of a corporation in which the accountant and his brother were largely interested as holders of the common stock. At this time the accountant was the decedent’s attorney, and the purchase was made through his agency and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Appeal of PriestleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Scott's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Le Moyne's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
- Bailey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Green's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Mershon EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1949