Hunt's Appeals
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Three Appeals of Benaiali S. Hunt, remaining executor and trustee under the will of John H. Jones, deceased, from the decrees of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia, awarding distribution of the estate of said John H. Jones, deceased : Of July Term, 1883, Nos. 41, 213 and 214. Appeal of Edwin W. Lehman and John L. Buzby, trustees of the estate of William Crean, deceased, from the same decrees : Of July Term, 1883, No. 120. Appeal of Emily Lehman from the same decrees: Of July…
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Three Appeals of Benaiali S. Hunt, remaining executor and trustee under the will of John H. Jones, deceased, from the decrees of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia, awarding distribution of the estate of said John H. Jones, deceased : Of July Term, 1883, Nos. 41, 213 and 214. Appeal of Edwin W. Lehman and John L. Buzby, trustees of the estate of William Crean, deceased, from the same decrees : Of July Term, 1883, No. 120. Appeal of Emily Lehman from the same decrees: Of July Term,T883, No. 121. These five separate appeals were argued together, and involved the same facts. John H. Jones died…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
These are five appeals from the decree of the court below distributing the estate of John H. Jones, deceased. I will consider the questions they present without incumbering the opinion by references to the particular appeals in which such questions are respectively raised.
Among the claims presented before the auditor was one by Edwin W. Lehman and John. L. Busby, executors and trustees of the will of William Crean, deceased, for $5,460; and one by Emily Lehman for $3,820. Both claims rest upon the same principle and need not be separately discussed. The claim first named arose under tire…
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