Campbell's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 14, Jan. T., 1903, by Lafayette Creasy, Sarah H. Orange and S. C. Jayne, from decree of O. C. Columbia Co., Dec. T., 1901, No. 25, sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report in estate of Nathaniel L. Campbell, deceased. Exceptions to report of William Chrisman, Esq., auditor. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 14, Jan. T., 1903, by Lafayette Creasy, Sarah H. Orange and S. C. Jayne, from decree of O. C. Columbia Co., Dec. T., 1901, No. 25, sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report in estate of Nathaniel L. Campbell, deceased. Exceptions to report of William Chrisman, Esq., auditor. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error. assigned was in sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report; cited: Rice’s App., 79 Pa. 168; Burkholder’s App., 94 Pa. 522; Brownsville Deposit and Discount Bank’s Appeal, 96 Pa. 347.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Smith, J.,
The decedent’s real estate was sold for the payment of debts, and the proceeds for distribution by the auditor were $2,127.16. Between the confirmation of sale, May 17, 1897, and the filing of the administration account, August 1, 1901, this fund bore interest amounting to $457.50. The auditor distributed the principal to judgment creditors in the order of their liens, and the interest, pro rata, to the same creditors. The court below sustained exceptions to this distribution of the interest, and directed its distribution, first, to the satisfaction of a judgment not fully…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Appeal of the Brownsville Deposit & Discount BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880