Commonwealth v. Sheasley

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

These two appeals are from separate orders made by the Honorable William M. Parker, President Judge of the orphans’ court of Venango County, adjudging Charles H. Sheasley and Q. D. Hastings in contempt, and ordering each of them to pay a fine. They arise out of one transaction in the court below, were argued together in this court, and will be considered in one opinion.

The appellant Sheasley and the Franklin Trust Company, being two of the executors of Jacob Sheasley, deceased, filed in the court below a petition for a citation on Jacob J. Sheasley, another of the…