Eavenson's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Chester county: Of January Term 1877, No. 18. This appeal was from the decree of the court confirming the report of an auditor appointed to report upon exceptions to the accounts of the executors of George Eavenson, deceased.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Chester county: Of January Term 1877, No. 18. This appeal was from the decree of the court confirming the report of an auditor appointed to report upon exceptions to the accounts of the executors of George Eavenson, deceased. Joseph Eavenson and George Wood were the executors of the will of George Eavenson, who died at about the age of eighty-eight years, in November 1870. Joseph Eavenson was the son and George Wood the son-in-law of the testator. His executors proved his will, which was made in April 1869, and filed a joint account. When the account was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The second, third and fifth assignments of error raise the question whether George Wood, one of the accountants, is under any duty to account for certain sums' of money received by him and by his wife for George Eavenson, the testator. There is no dispute about the facts. It is conceded that the sums of money in question were paid to Mr. Wood, or to his wife, in the presence of the testator and by his direction. This, the appellant contends, is .sufficient to cast upon Mr. Wood the duty of accounting in some way for the money. The learned auditor declined to surcharge him with these payments,…
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