Estate of Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 19, Oct. T., 1898, by M. H. Stevenson, from decree of O. O. Washington Co., Feb. T., 1898, No. 1, refusing to set aside an executor’s sale. Petition of M. H. Stevenson, vendee of Stephen Smith’s devisees, praying the court to set aside a private sale of a lot known as the “Coulter lot,” made and confirmed, without notice to petitioner, by Geo. M. Tenan, executor, to Robert Scott, for payment of debts.
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Appeal, No. 19, Oct. T., 1898, by M. H. Stevenson, from decree of O. O. Washington Co., Feb. T., 1898, No. 1, refusing to set aside an executor’s sale. Petition of M. H. Stevenson, vendee of Stephen Smith’s devisees, praying the court to set aside a private sale of a lot known as the “Coulter lot,” made and confirmed, without notice to petitioner, by Geo. M. Tenan, executor, to Robert Scott, for payment of debts. The case was heard on petition, answers and testimony taken before a commissioner. It was called the “ Coulter lot ” case, to distinguish it from an action of ejectment brought about…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Curiam,
The very able and exhaustive argument of the learned counsel for the appellant has not convinced us that there was any error in the decree, or in the opinion of the court below. As *234it seems to us the decree is fully vindicated by the findings and conclusions contained in the opinion and on it we affirm the decree.
Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed at the cost of the appellant.
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