Swoyer's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
From the Common Pleas of- June 3. William II. Woodburn having made a general assignment to Swoyor, on the 31st March, 1837, for certain specified creditors, his accounts were excepted to and referred to auditors.
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From the Common Pleas of- June 3. William II. Woodburn having made a general assignment to Swoyor, on the 31st March, 1837, for certain specified creditors, his accounts were excepted to and referred to auditors. It appeared that James Woodburn having devised his lands to his four sons, of whom the assignor was one, subject to charges in favour of his executors; and having given legacies to his daughters, among whom was Jane Ege, an agreement was entered into by the parties in 1838, settling the amounts payable by each of the devisees to the legatees. By this instrument, the amount payable by…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The first error assigned in the decree of the court below, relates to the reduction of the credit of $788 88, allowed by the auditors to the accountant for moneys paid Frederick Watts, Esquire, to the sum of $568 84. The facts upon which this determination of the Court of Common Pleas was based, are very imperfectly and confusedly given in the paper-books, but sufficient is shown, or was conceded on the argument in this court, to enable us to-ascertain the leading features of this portion of the controversy between the assignee and the preferred creditors. [His honour here stated the case,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Thompson v. BrownNew York Court of Chancery · 1820
- Johnston's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1845
- Nyce's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
- Case of Johnson's Appeal from the Decree of the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1825
- M'Dowell v. TysonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1826
3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ShullSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Haller's CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Assigned Estate of T. S. McKesson & Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County1891
- Schenkel's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- Reibel's Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1935
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