Carter's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
From the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia. March 12. Carter having settled his distribution account, as administrator, and the auditor’s report having been confirmed, a motion was made on behalf of the distributees, that he should pay over their shares, or show cause why an attachment should not issue. In his answer, the administrator alleged there were debts due him by two of the distributees; but the court made the rule for the attachment absolute.
1Opinion of the CourtCoulter, J.
The decree of the Orphans’ Court must be affirmed. The account of the administrator was settled in the Orphans’ Court, as he presented it, and the balance in his hands decreed accordingly. This balance he is bound by the statute to *145distribute among the legal representatives of the deceased; the final decree of the balance in his.hands, is virtually a decree of distribution. He may be compelled to make a partial distribution at the expiration of a year from the date of his letters of administration, reserving sufficient to pay expenses and disputed claims. The appointment of the auditor is…
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