Brodie v. Bickley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This action, which was debt on a judgment, obtained in the island of Barbadoes, by the plaintiff’s intestate, against Susanna B. Polgreen, administratrix of Thomas B. Polgreen, upon whose estate letters of administration de bonis non were granted to the pre- ; ent defendant, by tbe register for the probate of wills, &c. for the ity and county of Phit.adelphia, was brought in this court to July Term, 1815. The case will be best understood from the pleadings.
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This action, which was debt on a judgment, obtained in the island of Barbadoes, by the plaintiff’s intestate, against Susanna B. Polgreen, administratrix of Thomas B. Polgreen, upon whose estate letters of administration de bonis non were granted to the pre- ; ent defendant, by tbe register for the probate of wills, &c. for the ity and county of Phit.adelphia, was brought in this court to July Term, 1815. The case will be best understood from the pleadings. The decla■ation was as follows: — , :cPhiladelphia.County, ss. • v ■ ££Of the Term of June, 1815, No. 34. ££ JPbrahdm Bickley,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by •
Gibson, C. J.
— The question raised by the demurrers is, whether debt lies against an administrator here on a judgment against a foreign administrator of the same intestate. Did an administrator represent the person of the intestate without qualification or restriction, the plaintiff’s, argument would be incontrovertible. But it is clear, that his c.ommision extends only to assets of which the ordinary had jurisdiction; and it constitutes him a representative of the intestate no further than as regards the administration of those particular'assets.…
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