Legal Opinion

Brooke's Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 15, 1908No. 1PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal, No. 147, Oct. T., 1907, by Victorine H. Brooke, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1901, No. 3,968, dismissing exceptions to auditor's report in the estate of James Henry Brooke, lunatic. Exceptions to report of Benjamin Daniels, Esq., auditor. The opinion .of the- Superior Court states the case. Errors assigned were in.dismissing exceptions to the referee’s report.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Porter, J.,.. This appeal is from the decree of the court below, dismissing ■ exceptions to and confirming the report of the auditor appointed to pass upon the exceptions filed by the appellant to the account of Samuel P. Tull, committee in lunacy of James Henry Brooke. The alleged lunatic having died on July 12, 1904, the appellant is interested as one of his heirs. The hearings before the auditor were numerous and protracted, the appellant pressed her exceptions with persistency, and the evidence which was produced and the auditor called upon to consider,when printed, makes a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Reimer's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  2. Yerkes's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
  3. Mumper's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842
  4. Royer's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
  5. Clauser's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re Clark, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1930

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