Legal Opinion

Hoffer's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 19, 1893No. Appeal, No. 20PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal, No. 20, May T., 1893, by Mary Earnest et al., guardians of Thomas minors, from decree of O. C. Dauphin Co., sustaining exceptions to report of auditor on exceptions to and distribution of account of executor of Joseph Hoffer, deceased. Exceptions to report of auditor on exceptions to executor’s account, and on distribution. The account was referred to William II.

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Appeal, No. 20, May T., 1893, by Mary Earnest et al., guardians of Thomas minors, from decree of O. C. Dauphin Co., sustaining exceptions to report of auditor on exceptions to and distribution of account of executor of Joseph Hoffer, deceased. Exceptions to report of auditor on exceptions to executor’s account, and on distribution. The account was referred to William II. Middleton, Esq., as auditor, who refused to allow credit for two notes made by decedent and payable to accountant. One note was for $266.67 and the other for $300. Both notes were overdue at the date of decedent’s death.…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

All that can be profitably said on the question presented by the specifications of error will be found in the opinion of the learned judge of the orphans’ court. We find nothing in the record that calls for either reversal or modification of the decree ; and it is affirmed on the opinion of the court below.

Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed, with costs to be paid by appellants.

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Eisenlohr's Estate (No. 1)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  2. Keating v. NolanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  3. Pennell v. PhillipsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  4. Westlake Flooring Co. v. Staggs (In re Staggs)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 2017
  5. In Re: Estate of Ephraim J. CusterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1928

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