Chew's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal of. Benjamin Chew, executor, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Woodward, J.
Though there were several parties litigant before the auditors, the executor is the only appellant from the decree confirming their report. He has filed twenty-one errors to the decree, but they are either irrelevant, as not arising out of the record, or else are resolvable into the two exceptions that were taken below, one of them to the allowance made to Henry J. Williams, and the other to the allowance made to the executors of Benjamin Chew, deceased.
That the arrears of ground-rent claimed by Mr. Williams were chargeable to the estate of Samuel Chew is clearly shown…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Honeywell v. BurnsNew York Supreme Court · 1828
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lamar v. LamarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903