Coggins' Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County, The testator, Thomas Williamson died August 26, 1871, leaving a will wherein Passmore Williamson was appointed executor. Passmore Williamson’s first account was referred to an auditor, who made his report.
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Appeals from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County, The testator, Thomas Williamson died August 26, 1871, leaving a will wherein Passmore Williamson was appointed executor. Passmore Williamson’s first account was referred to an auditor, who made his report. Upon exceptions to said report, the Court confirmed the report in the following opinion by Penrose, J.: Letters testamentary in this estate were granted September 4, 1871, to the accountant, who, on the 14th of December, 1872, filed an account of'his administration to July 26, 1872. This account was referred by the former Orphans’…
1Opinion of the Court
*448Thé Supreme Court affirmed the decree of the Orphans’" Court on January 31st, 1881, in the following opinion,
2Per curiam
A careful consideration of the record in this case has failed to convince us that any injustice has been done to the appellants by the refusal of the Court below to surcharge the appellee. In determining not to convert immediately the stocks and other assets of the estate, which were investments made by the testator in his lifetime, the appellee acted in perfect good faith in the honest exercise of his best judgment, for a mistake in which it would be wrong to hold him personally…
3Cited by8 opinions
- Taylor's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Clabby's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Seamans' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Shipley's Estate (No. 1)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Casani's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1940
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