M'Kinney v. Watson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the Orphans’ Court of Northumber- , - land county. Matthias Barber died intestate in the year 1803, leaving a small personal estate and one hundred and ninety-six acres of land. He left a widow and one child, and another ventre sa mere, which was afterwards born, and is still ing.
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APPEAL from the Orphans’ Court of Northumber- , - land county. Matthias Barber died intestate in the year 1803, leaving a small personal estate and one hundred and ninety-six acres of land. He left a widow and one child, and another ventre sa mere, which was afterwards born, and is still ing. The widow, the appellee, administered, and settled her administration account on the 16th of August, 1808, on which a balance appeared in her favour, of fifty pounds seven shillings and nine pence. She was then married to John Watson, who settled the account with her. To this account there was no…
1Per curiam
The administratrix had nothing to do with the'real estate of the intestate, or with the support and maintenance of the children. She is therefore not entitled to credit in ber administration account, for any money expended on account of the real estate or of the children. But the supplemental account consists altogether of charges relating to these two articles. The decree of the Orphans’ Court, therefore, so far as regards the supplemental account, must be reversed.
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