Estate of Hughes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 97 and 158, Jan. T., 1896, of Jacob H. Vastine and Edw. F. Smith, Admrs. of M. G. Hughes, and by Sarah H. Vastine and Henry H. Smith, heirs and distributees of said estate, from decree of O. C. Columbia Co., dismissing exqeptions to report of auditor distributing said estate. Exceptions to auditor’s report. B. Frank Zarr was appointed auditor for distribution. Before him W. H. Rhawn testified: “In March, 1891,1 was present at the office of Judge Hughes.
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Appeals, Nos. 97 and 158, Jan. T., 1896, of Jacob H. Vastine and Edw. F. Smith, Admrs. of M. G. Hughes, and by Sarah H. Vastine and Henry H. Smith, heirs and distributees of said estate, from decree of O. C. Columbia Co., dismissing exqeptions to report of auditor distributing said estate. Exceptions to auditor’s report. B. Frank Zarr was appointed auditor for distribution. Before him W. H. Rhawn testified: “In March, 1891,1 was present at the office of Judge Hughes. Mrs. Elizabeth Kostenbauder and James R. Bibby were there and Judge Hughes there said to Mrs. Kostenbauder — and now I quote Ms…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
This case belongs to the class of claims against a dead man’s estate which we have had occasion several times lately to say should be scrutinized closely and required to be proved by convincing evidence. The claim of J. R. Bibby was presented in a lump sum for $2,800, with only the general dates “ from about February, 1884 to June, 1891,” and for most varied and miscellaneous services, without any itemization, and without book entries or other writing in support of it. And this claim, such as it is, was not presented until more than a year after the death of the…
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