Finney's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Crawford county. This was an appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court, confirming the auditor’s report on the account of J. S. Riddle, deceased, surviving executor of Henry Shippen, deceased, as settled by D. A. Finney, administrator of said Riddle. The account in controversy was filed January 13th 1852. On the 20th of February 1852, exceptions were filed by the administrator of H. Shippen, and an auditor appointed.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Crawford county. This was an appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court, confirming the auditor’s report on the account of J. S. Riddle, deceased, surviving executor of Henry Shippen, deceased, as settled by D. A. Finney, administrator of said Riddle. The account in controversy was filed January 13th 1852. On the 20th of February 1852, exceptions were filed by the administrator of H. Shippen, and an auditor appointed. On the 18th of April following an additional exception was filed, claiming that the estate of the deceased executor should be charged with…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Read, J.
The case of Shippen’s Heirs v. Clapp, 5 Casey 265, as we have said in Cullum v. Clapp, determined, that the sale made by the executors of Shippen (of whom I. Stuart Riddle was one) to Ralph Clapp was a valid one. The opinion in Cullum v. Clapp affirmed the decision of the court below, by which a credit of $1754.88 was allowed to Clapp, upon the judgment entered up against him, on his bond and warrant of attorney to the executors of Shippen. This credit was given, because the executors of Shippen took the control of the judgment against Phipps,…
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