Wilkins's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the decree of the orphans’ court of Jllle.gheny County. William Robinson, Esq., administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of John Wilkins, deceased, presented his account of the administration of the said estate to the orphans’ court, in which he claimed certain credits, for reasons which are fully stated in the report of the auditors to whom the account was referred by the court:— The accountant further claimed credit for the following items, to which the…
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APPEAL from the decree of the orphans’ court of Jllle.gheny County. William Robinson, Esq., administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of John Wilkins, deceased, presented his account of the administration of the said estate to the orphans’ court, in which he claimed certain credits, for reasons which are fully stated in the report of the auditors to whom the account was referred by the court:— The accountant further claimed credit for the following items, to which the auditors considered he was not entitled as administrator, and which they did not allow. 1. He claimed credit for the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The wife of the accountant was one of several specific devisees of certain portions of the real estate of the testator, as also one of several devisees of the residuum of his real estate, not specifically devised; which, with the personal estate, was charged with the payment of his debts; and if necessary for that purpose, his executors were authorized to sell and dispose of it.. The personal estate proved insufficient to pay the debts; and though admitted that the residuum of the real was sufficient to supply the deficiency in the personal,…
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- Williamson's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880