Lambert v. National Hog Co.

Citations

• 263 Pa. 354
• 106 A. 541
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 431

Syllabus

<p>Receivers — Appointment by State court — Account—Bankruptcy —Receiver in bankruptcy — Federal court.</p> <p>1. A receiver in equity should account to the court which appointed him, even though the estate was afterwards adjudicated a bankrupt.</p> <p>Account — Exceptions—Issues of fact — Searing—Confirmation.</p> <p>2. Where exceptions to an account raise controlling issues of fact in regard to some of the credits claimed therein, it is error to confirm the account without giving exceptants an opportunity to prove the facts alleged by them to deny such right violates the due process of law constitutional provision.</p>