Stevenson's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL. This was an .appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court for the County of Philadelphia, in the matter of the settlement of the accounts of Samuel Grant and Henry Seaton, executors of the will of William Stevenson, late of the City of Philadelphia, deceased.
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APPEAL. This was an .appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court for the County of Philadelphia, in the matter of the settlement of the accounts of Samuel Grant and Henry Seaton, executors of the will of William Stevenson, late of the City of Philadelphia, deceased. William Stevenson, the testator, died on the 14th day of December, 1832, having made a will, dated the 1st of December, 1829, and twelve codicils, the last of which was dated the 5th of December, 1832. The will and codicils contained altogether 102 items, relating to the disposition of his estate. He appointed his widow, Mrs.…
1Per curiam
— The responsibility which is incurred by the receipt and disbursement of money, is a legitimate subject of compensation; and an unvarying rate per cent., without regard to the magnitude of the sum, will always be a just measure of it, because the responsibility increases in proportion to the amount. It is consequently susceptible of a uniform measure, which we think may be reasonably put at two and a half per cent. Not so the compensation of trouble. The settlement of a very large estate may be the business of a few days, while that of a very small one may occupy as many years; and the…
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