Milne's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County: Of January Term 1882, No. 40. Appeal of Francis F. Milne, from a decree in the matter of the distribution of the estate of Archimedes J. Bucknor, Sr. The facts were as follows :— On March 19th 1878, Francis F. Milne, being the holder of two judgments against A. J. Bucknor, Jr., a son of A. J. Buck-nor, Sr., deceased, amounting to $11,556.76, issued writs of attachment execution thereon, in the court of Common Pleas No.…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County: Of January Term 1882, No. 40. Appeal of Francis F. Milne, from a decree in the matter of the distribution of the estate of Archimedes J. Bucknor, Sr. The facts were as follows :— On March 19th 1878, Francis F. Milne, being the holder of two judgments against A. J. Bucknor, Jr., a son of A. J. Buck-nor, Sr., deceased, amounting to $11,556.76, issued writs of attachment execution thereon, in the court of Common Pleas No. 2, summoning as garnishee William A. James, administrator of the estate of the said A. J. Bucknor, Sr., deceased. On…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. J ustice Gordon
delivered tbe opinion of the court, February 20th 1882.
The appellant, Fz'ancis F. Milne, is a creditor of A. J. Bucknor, Jr., and on the 2ist of January 1878, levied two writs of attachment on the distributive shares of the debtor in the hands of William A. J ames, administrator of the estate of A. J. Bucknor, Sr., and it is thus that Milne becomes interested in the distribution of this estate, and in the decree made by the court below. On settlements of the accounts of the administrator, the last one audited January 21st 1879, the distributive shares of the younger Bucknor…
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