McCown's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 92, Jan. T., 1908, by Eliza B. Allen, from decree of O. O. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1885, No. 184, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Andrew R. McCown, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was in dismissing exceptions to adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
Were this an appeal from the adjudication of a partial or final account of the executors of Andrew R. McCown, deceased, the right of the appellant to have the claim she makes, again considered, notwithstanding an adverse adjudication on a former account, would be unquestionable. An account finally confirmed and unappealed from is conclusive only of what it contains, and a decree of distribution operates only upon the fund distributed. An erroneous distribution of one fund is not conclusive in the distribution of another fund in the same estate. The cases cited by…
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