Wright's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 60. Appeal of George Wright from the decree of the court upon the adjudication, by Penrose, J., of the executors’ first account in the matter of the estate of Isaac K. Wright, deceased. The material facts will be found in the opinion of this court.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 60. Appeal of George Wright from the decree of the court upon the adjudication, by Penrose, J., of the executors’ first account in the matter of the estate of Isaac K. Wright, deceased. The material facts will be found in the opinion of this court. It was plainly the endeavor of the testator to distribute his whole estate among the beneficiaries and settle all questions as to charges, and after making several specific bequests, dividing all the remainder into seven parts, he then stated that he desired certain…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
When Isaac K. Wright died on the 18th of February 1875, he held two notes of his son, George Wright, for $2554.89 and $650, respectively, dated the 8th of April 1869, and payable ten days after date. Whether the amount of these notes ought to be treated as a debt due to the. decedent’s estate or as an advancement to be adjusted under the directions of the decedent’s will, is the only question presented for inquiry and determination.
The will was executed on the 18th of October 1873, four years and a half after the notes were given. In the residuary clause, after a gift of one-seventh of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- In re WorkU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1873
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- M'Kibbin's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Laughlin EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Harrison's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1929