Jones's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was an appeal by Paul Jones, one of the guardians of the three minor children of John H. Levering, deceased. In March 1826 Paul Jones and John Levering were appointed guardians. Paul Jones was cited in the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county to settle his account.
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THIS was an appeal by Paul Jones, one of the guardians of the three minor children of John H. Levering, deceased. In March 1826 Paul Jones and John Levering were appointed guardians. Paul Jones was cited in the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county to settle his account. He filed an account stating the sum of $78.92 principal and interest of money received by him of Abraham Levering, the administrator of John H. Levering, deceased, on the 22d January 1838, accompanied with an answer on affirmation stating that “ the principal management of the concerns of said children was conducted by John…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
Parents, guardians, executors, receivers, and all who manage the estates of infants, are responsible as trustees, and held to the same diligence; but for participation in the acts of their colleagues, the liability of executors is peculiar. In Sadler v. Hobbs, (2 Bro. Ch. R. 117), Lord Thtjbxow admitted the rule to have been confirmed in Leigh v. Barry, (3 Atk. 584), that an executor, joining with his colleague in the signature of a receipt or conveyance, makes it his own; and he questioned the soundness of Westley v. Clarke, (1 P. Wms.…
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