Estate of Hertzler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 321, Jan. T., 1898, by Michael H. Moore, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., dismissing exceptions to auditors’ report. Exceptions to auditors’ report. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in dismissing exceptions to auditor’s ■ report.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Dean,
It would answer no useful purpose to again narrate all the facts of this case, running back over a period of almost forty years, as they are fully set out in the report of the auditors. It is sufficient to say that in 1860, John Hertzler died, leaving a large estate, which he disposed of by a will, of which will he appointed Michael Moore and Jacob Hertzler, executors. He left a widow, since deceased, and three children, John, Mary and Elizabeth, the latter a posthumous child. Among these he divided the bulk of his estate by specific legacies, and then to each gave…
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