Case of Walker's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL This was an appeal by Samuel Walker, William Blakey and Thomas Hutchinson, executors of Joseph Walker, deceased, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia, County, on the settlement of their accounts. The only dispute was respecting the amount of the commissions they were entitled to.
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APPEAL This was an appeal by Samuel Walker, William Blakey and Thomas Hutchinson, executors of Joseph Walker, deceased, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia, County, on the settlement of their accounts. The only dispute was respecting the amount of the commissions they were entitled to. The will of Joseph Walker was proved on the 3d May, 1813. On the 24th December, 1813, the first account of the executors was filed, in which they charged a commission of five per cent, on 41,117 dollars and 15 cents; and on the 18th February, 1814, this account was confirmed in the Orphans’…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tilgjiman, C. J,
The executors of Joseph Walker have ap-. pealed from the decree of the Orphans’ Court, on the settlement of their account. The only dispute is on the subject of their commission. The executors charged five per cent, which the court reduced to three.
There were three executors, one of whom, (Samuel Walker,. brother of the testator,) resided in the city of Philadelphia, and the two others in Bucks County. A commission of five per cent, was allowed on a sum óf 37000 dollars, and something more. The amount of the commission was 1,862 dollars…
2Cited by1 opinion
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