Berryhill's Administratrix's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal in Equity from the Common Pleas of Philadelphia. This was a hill in equity by Catharine Berryhill against Elizabeth Hauptman, administratrix of John Hauptman, deceased, who was the trustee for the complainant, under the will of her father John Hauptman, Sr., for an account of the trust estate. The complainant died during the pendency of the suit, and it was revived by Catharine Ann Irwin, her administratrix.
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Appeal in Equity from the Common Pleas of Philadelphia. This was a hill in equity by Catharine Berryhill against Elizabeth Hauptman, administratrix of John Hauptman, deceased, who was the trustee for the complainant, under the will of her father John Hauptman, Sr., for an account of the trust estate. The complainant died during the pendency of the suit, and it was revived by Catharine Ann Irwin, her administratrix. The facts of the case are fully stated in the following extract from the Master’s report to the court below. “ Jacob Hauptman, Sr., died in the city of New York in the year 1828,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Thompson, J.
Catharine Berryhill, the decedent, in her lifetime, filed a bill in equity against the administratrix of John Hauptman, deceased, for an account, and to establish a trust, under the will of Jacob Hauptman, Sr., the father of the complainant. During the pendency of the suit, the complainant died, and, on a bill of revivor, the appellant, as her administratrix, was substituted as plaintiff.
An examiner was appointed to take testimony, and, after it was closed, the same gentleman was appointed master, to state an account between the parties,…
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