Appeal of Ralston
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 213, July T., 1894, by Robert Ralston and Francis W. Ralston, Jr., administrators d. b. n. c. t. a. of William Meredith, deceased, from the decree of the court of common pleas No. 4 of Phila. Co., June T., 1891, No. 264, awarding the fund to S. Davis Page, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. of William Wurts, deceased. Exceptions to auditor’s report. Before Thayer, P. J., Wilson and Arnold, JJ.
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Appeal, No. 213, July T., 1894, by Robert Ralston and Francis W. Ralston, Jr., administrators d. b. n. c. t. a. of William Meredith, deceased, from the decree of the court of common pleas No. 4 of Phila. Co., June T., 1891, No. 264, awarding the fund to S. Davis Page, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. of William Wurts, deceased. Exceptions to auditor’s report. Before Thayer, P. J., Wilson and Arnold, JJ. On Aug. 11, 1819, Maurice Wurts and William Wurts, two members of the firm of Maurice Wurts & Co., assigned to William Meredith and John Day as trustees, certain specific property to be divided…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The fund in dispute consists of the unclaimed dividends in the estate assigned by Maurice Wurts & Co., on the 11th of August, 1819, for the benefit of their creditors. It was awarded by the learned court below to the administrator of William Wurts who was the surviving assignor. The award or decree so made is contested on this appeal by the administrators of William Meredith on whom the active duties of the trust devolved. From 1819 to 1844 Meredith had the exclusive management of the estate. He died in September, 1844, and Eli K. Price became his administrator…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re the Estate of Potter & PageSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
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- Farnsworth v. DoomCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901