Legal Opinion

Green's Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 26, 1868PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from tbe Orphans’ Court of Armstrong county: No. 93, to October and November Term 1868. John W. Green, tbe appellant, guardian of Ann Jane Dickey (now Summerville), filed bis account November 6th 1863, by which it appeared there was a balance of $285.86 in bis bands due bis ward. To this account exceptions were filed by tbe ward, wbo bad arrived at age in 1861, which, with the account, were referred to John W. Rohrer, Esquire, as auditor.

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Appeal from tbe Orphans’ Court of Armstrong county: No. 93, to October and November Term 1868. John W. Green, tbe appellant, guardian of Ann Jane Dickey (now Summerville), filed bis account November 6th 1863, by which it appeared there was a balance of $285.86 in bis bands due bis ward. To this account exceptions were filed by tbe ward, wbo bad arrived at age in 1861, which, with the account, were referred to John W. Rohrer, Esquire, as auditor. On tbe 6th of June 1864, be made bis report, charging tbe guardian with:— Balance on bis account, as filed, .... $285.86 “Balance in tbe bands of G.…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered, November 2d 1868, by

Sharswood, J.

This is an appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Armstrong county, dismissing the appellant’s petition for review of his guardianship account, as restated by the auditor appointed by the said court to audit his final account as guardian of Ann Jane Dickey, since intermarried with William Summerville. It is now well settled that petitions of review in the Orphans’ Court, as provided by the Act of Assembly of October 13th 1840, § 1, which directs the court to “ give such relief as equity and justice may require,”…

2Cited by9 opinions

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  5. Estate of KachlineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898

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