Potts ex rel. Wollerton v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. , The record of this case having-been returned on a writ of error to thé Court of Common' Pleas of Chester county, it appeared that the plaintiff in error, David Potts, administrator de-bonis non, &c. of Robert May, deceased, issued a scire facias to the use of John Wollerlon and George Baugh, upon a judgment on an administration bond in the name of the commonwealth, against the defendants in error, Elizabeth Smith and Levi Bull, who survived Thomas B. Smith, and…
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IN ERROR. , The record of this case having-been returned on a writ of error to thé Court of Common' Pleas of Chester county, it appeared that the plaintiff in error, David Potts, administrator de-bonis non, &c. of Robert May, deceased, issued a scire facias to the use of John Wollerlon and George Baugh, upon a judgment on an administration bond in the name of the commonwealth, against the defendants in error, Elizabeth Smith and Levi Bull, who survived Thomas B. Smith, and who, together with the said Thofnas B. Smith, were the executors of John Smith, deceased. The whole case is comprised in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kennedy J.
Ruth May, James B. Harris and. John Smith joined in taking out letters of administration upon the estáte of Robert May, deceased, and gave bond with sureties in the name of the commonwealth, in the form prescribed by law, to the Register. John Smith died, Ruth May and James B. Harris surviving, who settled their administration account, which was approved and confirmed by the Orphan’s Court of Chester county. From this account, as settled, there appeared to be three thousand seven hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-eight cents remaining…
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