Appeal of Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
EROM THE DECREE OE THE ORPHANS’ COURT OE WESTMORE LAND COUNTY. No. 188 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 38 February Term 1886, O. C. The account of J. R. McAfee, Eliz. K. Gallagher and J. L. Cook, executors of the will of Thos.
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EROM THE DECREE OE THE ORPHANS’ COURT OE WESTMORE LAND COUNTY. No. 188 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 38 February Term 1886, O. C. The account of J. R. McAfee, Eliz. K. Gallagher and J. L. Cook, executors of the will of Thos. F. Gallagher, deceased, was filed to No. 38 February Term 1886. Upon the debit side there was charged (inter alia) : “ To amount of real estate sold under the will, as per schedule A., $5,612.50.” Among the credits claimed was one for “amount received by George Gallagher, surviving partner of T. & G. Gallagher, from the sale of real estate under the will…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Paxson :
The first five assignments of error are not in accordance with the rules of court, and will not be considered.
The sixth assignment raises the only important question in the case. It is as follows: “ The court erred in not striking from the credit side of the account the item of 15,612.50, being credit claimed by the accountants in the following words and figures: ‘Accountants claim credit for $5,612.50, amount received by George Gallagher, surviving partner of T. & G. *477Gallagher, from the sale of real estate sold under the will, and by him applied to the payment of…
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