Appeal of Roberts

Citations

• 126 Pa. 102
• 17 A. 538
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 841

Syllabus

<p>1. The mere admission of incompetent evidence by the Orphans’ Court, ' or by an auditor, is not of itself sufficient to justify a reversal; it must appear that the court or the auditor was influenced in his adjudication by such testimony.</p> <p>2. .In the adjudication of the estate of a decedent, self-disserving book entries made by him in his lifetime are competent evidence to establish a claim against the estate, although it is not required that all the entries ' shall be accepted as veritable.</p>