Estate of Harbison
Citations
- 145 Pa. 456
- 22 A. 991
- 1891 Pa. LEXIS 683
Syllabus
<p>1. Where a claim against the estate of a decedent is contested before an auditor, and no issue is demanded, the findings of fact thereon, approved by the court below, will not be questioned, unless the evidence submitted was insufficient fairly to sustain the findings.</p> <p>2. It is not a ground of reversal, that an auditor, in the Orphans’ Court, ruling on offers of evidence, has received incompetent testimony, unless it also appears that he was influenced by it, or that it might and ought to have led to a different conclusion.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “If exculpating evidence comes to their [the police] attention during the investigation, Brady requires the prosecutor to furnish defense counsel with its substance. Beyond this Brady does not go”
- weight to be given expert’s opinion was for jury to determine
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Judges: Clark, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Paxson, Sterrett, Williams
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