Appeal of Wheatland
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FROM THE DECREE OF THE COURT OF 'COMMON FLEAS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. No. 363 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 133 October Term 1885, C. P. On May 7,1886, George Hand, committee of George Blake, a lunatic, filed an account showing a balance in his hands due the estate of 1437.03. Exceptions having been filed to said account, on June 21, 1886, Mr. J. W. Apple was appointed auditor to hear and determine the exceptions and to report distribution.
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FROM THE DECREE OF THE COURT OF 'COMMON FLEAS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. No. 363 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 133 October Term 1885, C. P. On May 7,1886, George Hand, committee of George Blake, a lunatic, filed an account showing a balance in his hands due the estate of 1437.03. Exceptions having been filed to said account, on June 21, 1886, Mr. J. W. Apple was appointed auditor to hear and determine the exceptions and to report distribution. Mr. Apple soon afterwards died, and on July 5,1887, Mr. J. P. Hale Jenkins was appointed auditor in his stead, who on September 6,1887,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark :
The facts of this case are not in dispute; they are stated in the paper book, furnished at the argument, substantially as follows:
*45October 12, 1885, upon the return of a writ de lunático inquirendo to the Common Pleas of Montgomery county, George Blake was found to be a lunatic, and George Hand was appointed the committee of his estate. October 24, 1885, the committee presented a petition to the Common Pleas asking for an order to sell the lunatic’s real estate to pay his debts, and for maintenance, alleging that he possessed no personal estate, and the sale was…
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