Ann Lupton v. Phineas Janney, of David Lupton, the Younger, Deceased

38 U.S. 381

13 Pet. 381

10 L.Ed. 210

ANN LUPTON, APPELLANT,

v.

PHINEAS JANNEY, EXECUTOR OF DAVID LUPTON, THE YOUNGER,

DECEASED, APPELLEE.

January Term, 1839

ON appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the county of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia.

A bill was filed on a subpoena which had issued from the Circuit Court on the fifth day of November, 1831, by Ann Lupton, the sole devisee and legatee of David Lupton the younger, for the purpose of surcharging and falsifying the accounts of the executor, Phineas Janney, which had been settled in three accounts rendered by him to and…