Philadelphia County Orphans' Court, 1939

Atkins' Estate

Atkins' Estate
Philadelphia County Orphans' Court · Decided December 8, 1939 · Bolger, Dusen, Klein, Ladner, Sinkler, Stearne
36 Pa. D. & C. 549; 1939 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 162

Counsel

Fitzhugh L. Styles, for exceptant., Roy Pressman, contra.

Atkins' Estate

Opinion of the Court

Bolger, J.,

The exceptions relate exclusively to the action of the auditing judge in refusing to accept' belated objections to the competency of claimant as a witness. The law is clear that objection must be seasonably taken, and if not registered in time is held waived: Rash’s Estate, 22 D. & C. 405. See also Dean et al. v. Warnock, 98 Pa. 565.

The exceptions are dismissed and the adjudication is confirmed absolutely.

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