Bruner's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals from tie decree of tie Orphans’ Court of Northumberland county: in the estate of William H. Gray, deceased. To October Term, 1867. These appeals were taken from the decree of the court on the account of Peter W. Gray, executor, &c., of the decedent. From the report of the auditor, William M. Róckafeller, Esq., the following facts appeared.
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Appeals from tie decree of tie Orphans’ Court of Northumberland county: in the estate of William H. Gray, deceased. To October Term, 1867. These appeals were taken from the decree of the court on the account of Peter W. Gray, executor, &c., of the decedent. From the report of the auditor, William M. Róckafeller, Esq., the following facts appeared. William Gray, the father of the decedent, and Francis Johnson, were the owners of a tract of land in Northumberland county; the tract was sold for taxes to Joseph Wallace, and the time for redemption had passed. After the death of William Gray,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Agnew, J.
These appeals arise out of the same account and decree, and will therefore be considered together. We think the auditor, who was followed by the court in this respect, erred in not making any charge of interest against Gray, the executor. The balance of the first account clearly bore interest from the time of its final confirmation: Withers’s Appeal, 4 Harris 151. Nor was the executor exempt from interest for the whole time from the filing of the account on the 4th of March 1861, until the 6th of January 1865, the date of the confirmation. It…
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