Case of Walker's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL. This case came before the court on an appeal from the decision of Kennedy, J. holding a circuit court for Chester county, on the 24th August, 1831, affirming proforma, and without prejudice, the decree of the Orphan’s Court of that county.
1Opinion of the Court
*244The opinion of the court, which presents all the material facts and the points of the case, was delivered by
Rogers, J.
On the 20th March, 1821, Thomas Walker, who was the executor of Joseph Walker, filed an account in the Office of the Register of Chester county, which on the 30th April, 1821, was confirmed nisi. It is headed, ‘ The account of Thomas Walker, one of the executors of Joseph Walker, late of the township of Tredyffryn, in the county of Chester, deceased.’ The account, among other terns, contains the following. “ By balance du'e from Joseph Walker, the testator, to the accountant…
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