Legal Opinion

Hickman's Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 14, 1909No. Appeal, No. 173PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal, No. 173, April T., 1909, by H. C. Sayers, Jr., from decree of O. C. Greene Co., May T., 1906, No. 2, overruling exceptions to auditor’s report in Estate of-Solomon Hickman, deceased. Exceptions to report of Walter O. Montgomery, Esq., auditor. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Henderson, J.,

The appellant’s objection to the allowance of the claim of the administrator of Stephen D. Hickman, is that the decree out of which it arises was entered more than two years after the death of Solomon Hickman and that if it is to be treated as a judgment against the decedent’s estate it is not indexed in compliance with the provisions of the statute. The claim grew out of a proceeding in equity in which all the other heirs of Solomon Hickman filed a bill against Stephen D. Hickman praying for the cancellation of a deed delivered to the latter by Solomon Hickman for the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Harding v. WheatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1826
  2. Miner v. . BeekmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  3. Sands v. CodwiseCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1808
  4. McLaughlin v. BarnumCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869
  5. Putnam v. TylerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Russeck v. ShapiroSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. In Re AikensUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Lambert v. K-Y Transportation Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  4. Dworzcak v. Metropolitan Life Insurance, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County1955
  5. McAdoo, A. v. Caruso, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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