In re Estate of Lightner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 67, Jan. T., 1898, by James H. Liglituer, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., June T., 1890, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor's report. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court, and in the report of Old’s Estate, Lancaster Trust Co.’s Appeal, 176 Pa. 150. JError assigned was decree of the court.
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Appeal, No. 67, Jan. T., 1898, by James H. Liglituer, from decree of O. C. Lancaster Co., June T., 1890, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to auditor's report. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court, and in the report of Old’s Estate, Lancaster Trust Co.’s Appeal, 176 Pa. 150. JError assigned was decree of the court. The whole matter is res adjudicaba : 1 Herman on Estoppel, p. 238, sec. 203. Where an auditor reports a fact as a deduction from other facts his conclusion is the result o£ reason, and, therefore, subject to revision and correction, if erroneous:…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
The transactions involved in this case are now before us for the fourth time and, as it is claimed by appellant that all the questions raised are res adjudicata, it becomes necessary to examine the facts with special care.
In 1870, Newton Lightner became trustee of two funds, inter alia, one of $7,301.47, the income of which (after an intervening life, not material to the present controversy) was payable to James M. Hopkins for his life, and thereafter the principal to his children, and the other of $2,897.55, the income of which was payable to Mrs. Alexander for…
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