Appeal of Wingett
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
prom the decree op the court op common pleas op WASHINGTON COUNTY. No. 38 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 401 May Term 1886, C. P. On April 19, 1886, Silas Wingett made an assignment of all his estate for the benefit of creditors.
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prom the decree op the court op common pleas op WASHINGTON COUNTY. No. 38 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 401 May Term 1886, C. P. On April 19, 1886, Silas Wingett made an assignment of all his estate for the benefit of creditors. A sale of his real estate discharged of liens, made under an order of the court, was confirmed on November 8, 1886, and on November 80th, the assignees filed their account showing a balance of $5,473.05 for distribution, composed entirely of the proceeds of real estate, which at the date of the assignment was subject to liens to an amount larger than…
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Mr. J cbtioe Willtams :
We agree with, the learned, judge of the court below, that the act of 1855 is an answer to the claims made on behalf of legatees by the executor of the will of Reuben Wingett. The will was probated and letters testamentary issued in April, 1850. -The first legacy fell due in 1851, and the last payment on the last legacy became due in September, 1864, when the farm on which it is sought to charge the legacies came into the full possession of Silas Wingett, under the terms of the devise to him. At that time the possession of the farm passed out of the executors,…
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