Heft's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
July Term, 1886, No. 194, E. D., before Mercur, Ob. J., Gordon, Paxson, Trunkev, Sterrett, and Green, JJ. Appeal from a decree of tlie Orphans’ Oourt of Philadelphia County in tbe Estate of John E. Jackson, deceased.
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July Term, 1886, No. 194, E. D., before Mercur, Ob. J., Gordon, Paxson, Trunkev, Sterrett, and Green, JJ. Appeal from a decree of tlie Orphans’ Oourt of Philadelphia County in tbe Estate of John E. Jackson, deceased. The facts as they appeared at the audit of the first account of Jacob I). ITeft, administrator of John F. Jackson, deceased, before Ashman, J., were as follows: The decedent died May 16, 1882, intestate, and letters of administration on his estate were granted to the accountant May 23, 1882. His estate was insolvent. At the audit the following claims were presented: E. K. Lemont…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Trunkey:
The opinion of the learned judge of the orphans’ court clearly shows that the property assigned to Heft, as security for a debt, remaining in possession of the assignor, upon his death passed into custody of the law for administration. Eor the reasons there given the decree, except as to commissions, must be affirmed.
Letters of administration were granted to the appellant in a week after the decedent’s death. That he prudently disposed of the property is unquestioned. Nor is there anything to show that he did not believe he had a right, by virtue of the…
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