Appeal in the case of Billington's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
An appeal from the decree of the Orphan’s Court of the city and county of Philadelphia, on the settlement of the accounts of Sarah Billington and Thomas Billington, administrators of the estate of Thomas Billington, deceased, having been taken to this court, auditors were, on the 15th April, 1826, appointed “ to report an administration account on the estate of Thomas Billington the elder, as well against the original administrators, as against the “administrator de bonis…
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An appeal from the decree of the Orphan’s Court of the city and county of Philadelphia, on the settlement of the accounts of Sarah Billington and Thomas Billington, administrators of the estate of Thomas Billington, deceased, having been taken to this court, auditors were, on the 15th April, 1826, appointed “ to report an administration account on the estate of Thomas Billington the elder, as well against the original administrators, as against the “administrator de bonis non,” and on the estate of Sarah Billington, deceased, reporting specially the items, with a particular account, with…
1Opinion of the CourtHuston, J.
Thomas Billington the elder, died in October, 1803, leaving a large real estate, personal property of reasonable amount, many debts due to him, and a long and large account of debts due by him; he left a widow and twelve children, two of whom were above twenty-one years of age, and the youngest two or three years of age.
His eldest son Thomas Billington, for some time before his father’s death had not resided with the family in this city, but was manager for his father at a forge in Centre county. This son and the widow administered on the estate. Two inventories were filed, one of the…
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