Dowie's Estate
Decision Date | 19 May 1890 |
Citation | 135 Pa. 210 |
Parties | ESTATE OF JOHN DOWIE, DECEASED. |
Court | Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
Before PAXSON, C. J., GREEN, CLARK, WILLIAMS and McCOLLUM, JJ.
APPEAL BY M. McNULTY FROM THE ORPHANS' COURT OF ELK COUNTY.
No. 26 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 10 September Term 1887, O. C.
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Mr. A. L. Cole, for the appellant.
As to the binding effect of the settlement, counsel cited: Grace v. Sutton, 5 W. 543; Beltzhoover v. Darragh, 16 S. & R. 337; Holmes's App., 79 Pa. 279; Bruner's App., 57 Pa. 46.
Mr. Harry A. Hall, for the appellee, was not heard.
In the brief filed, counsel cited: Hoffner v. Wynkoop, 97 Pa. 130; Ake's App., 74 Pa. 116; Brady's App., 66 Pa. 277; Freetly v. Barnhart, 51 Pa. 279; Holmes's App., 77 Pa. 50; Chess's App., 4 Pa. 52; Weise's App., 72 Pa. 351; Hall v. Boyd, 6 Pa. 267.
This decree is affirmed upon the opinion of the learned judge of the Orphans' Court, and the appeal dismissed at the costs of the appellant.
Decree affirmed.
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