230 Pa. 467 | Pa. | 1911
Opinion by
■ We do not find that the record in this case raises the question elaborately argued on behalf of the appellant, whether a decree, pro confesso, for want of an appear anee, entered against one of the defendants in a bill for ..a
The defendants in this action were John K. Barclay and The Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company, Administrator of Samuel G. DeCoursey, late trading as Barclay & Barclay. A verdict was directed in favor of the administrator on proof by it of a record of the orphans’ court which showed that the identical claim on which this action is based was presented to that court at the audit of the administrator’s account, and disallowed, and that the adjudication of the auditing judge was confirmed by the court in banc. The decree of the orphans’ court was affirmed by this court in DeCoursey’s Estate, 211 Pa. 92. It is argued that the orphans’ court disal
We find no merit in any of the assignments and the judg-. ment is affirmed.