Robinson v. Steele

The object of the writ of error, in this case, is to reverse the decree and proceedings of the county [orphans’] court, upon the settlement of the account of the defendant in error, as administrator of the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Jeremiah Smith, deceased. The plaintiffs assigned for error, that the court erred,

1. In auditing and settling the accounts of the defendant on the same day, to-wit, the 7th September, 1842.

2. Because the accounts of the defendant were audited and allowed, without giving- forty days’ notice to the plaintiffs, or any one else.

3. Because the accounts…