Graham Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

The question is this: If a creditor has lost his lien on the real estate of a decedent by failing to bring and index an action within one year after the decease of the debtor, as prescribed in section 15(a) of the Fiduciaries Act of 1917, P. L. 447, can he, after the expiration of that period,' obtain from the orphans’ court an order for collection of the rents for the purpose of paying the decedent’s debts as provided in section 14 of that Act?

We answer this question in the negative, as did the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County (41 D. & C. 276) and the…