Estate of Washburn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 467 and 468, Jan. T., 1897, by Eleanor Owens and Mary A. Crawford, from decree of O. C. Luzerne Co., No. 913, of 1875, overruling exceptions to account, and declaring liens of legacies discharged. Petition of E. Merrifield, legal representative of the estate of William Merrifield, for review of the account of the said William Merrifield and Nicholas Washburn, executors of Calvin Washburn, deceased.
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Appeals, Nos. 467 and 468, Jan. T., 1897, by Eleanor Owens and Mary A. Crawford, from decree of O. C. Luzerne Co., No. 913, of 1875, overruling exceptions to account, and declaring liens of legacies discharged. Petition of E. Merrifield, legal representative of the estate of William Merrifield, for review of the account of the said William Merrifield and Nicholas Washburn, executors of Calvin Washburn, deceased. Exceptions to account of E. Merrifield, executor of William Merrifield, of the administration of the estate of Calvin Wash-burn. Separate petitions of Mary A. Crawford, formerly Mary…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
These appeals are by the same parties, and in the same estate, and may be considered together. The first appeal is from the order of the orphans’ court setting aside the confirmation of tbe joint partial account of Nicholas Washburn and William Merrifield, executors of the will of Calvin Washburn, and permitting the executor of William Merrifield to file a separate aecouut, and from the order dismissing the exceptions filed thereto. The proceeding was by petition and rule, but it was in substance a bill of review. The joint partial account was filed in October,…
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