Carpenter's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal by William Carpenter, executor, &c., of Israel Carpenter, deceased, from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas •of Lancaster county, confirming the report of the auditor, appointed to report upon the exceptions filed to the account of Israel Carpenter, Trustee of Henry Rogers, and Sarah B. Rogers his wife, exhibited by William Carpenter, executor of said Israel Carpenter, deceased.
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Appeal by William Carpenter, executor, &c., of Israel Carpenter, deceased, from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas •of Lancaster county, confirming the report of the auditor, appointed to report upon the exceptions filed to the account of Israel Carpenter, Trustee of Henry Rogers, and Sarah B. Rogers his wife, exhibited by William Carpenter, executor of said Israel Carpenter, deceased. On the 30th of October, A. D. 1840, Henry Rogers, and Sarah B. Rogers his wife, assigned to Israel Carpenter, as trustee, the share of the said Sarah B. Rogers, in a certain fund, charged upon certain real…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered July 15, 1858, by
Thompson, J.
— We entirely assent to the decision of the auditor on the points before him, arising out of the account in this case, and the decree of the court affirming, it.
In Deitrick v. Heft, 5 Barr, 87, Mr. Justice Rogers, in sjrnaking of compounding interest, after a review of all the authorities on the subject, says: “but in all the cases actually adjudicated in this court on the subject, the doctrine of rests, or compound interest, has been repudiated and disallowed.” This remark is fully sustained by prior, as well as subsequent…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shenck's Administration AccountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
- Clauser's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
3Cited by1 opinion
- La Rocca TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965