Hamaker's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the decree of the orphans’ court of Dauphin county. Adam Hamaker, Jun., was the executor of Adam Hamaker, Sen., and settled an account of his administration,, and died.
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APPEAL from the decree of the orphans’ court of Dauphin county. Adam Hamaker, Jun., was the executor of Adam Hamaker, Sen., and settled an account of his administration,, and died. Letters of administration de bonis non, with the will annexed, issued to John Fox and Marlin Nisley, upon the estate, who presented an account of their administration, which embraced not only their own account, but also a supplemental account of the administration by Adam Ha-maker, Jun., the first executor, embracing the balance in his favour on his account settled, and also praying credit for disbursements by him…
1Per curiam
The administration de bonis non, under the will, had no connection with the preceding administration of the executor. The thirty-first section of the act of 1834 has wisely avoided the confusion that would ensue from a blended state of the accounts, though it subrogates, for specific purposes, the administrator de bonis non to his predecessor. The settlement of the executor’s supplemental account, if any remains to be exhibited, belongs to his personal representative, who may also, on proof of mistake in the original accounts, if a final one, have it corrected by review. But the…
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