Supreme Court of Pennsylvania May 15, 1837 (Hengst's Estate)

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Sergeant, J.

In this case, on an issue 'from the orphans’ court, the court of common pleas admitted in evidence, an entry made at the request of the father, Michael Hengst, in his lifetime, and signed by him, of various sums advanced to his different children, to show an advancement to his son George Hengst, the defendant.