Creswell v. Slack
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie Oivcuit Oourt. The orphans’ court of Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, on the twenty-third day of August, 1876, appointed an administrator of the estate of Elijah T. Slack, deceased, late of that county.
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Appeal from Pottawattamie Oivcuit Oourt. The orphans’ court of Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, on the twenty-third day of August, 1876, appointed an administrator of the estate of Elijah T. Slack, deceased, late of that county. On the eighth day of August, 1882, tho plaintiffs filed their petition in the circuit court of Pottawattamie county, in which they alleged that the property of said estate which had been found in the state of Pennsylvania had been fully administered upon, and that certain valid claims against the estate remained unpaid; also that said Elijah T. Slack died seized of…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Plaintiffs allege in their claim that, when the partnership of which they and the intestate were members was dissolved by his death, its business was in an unsettled state, and it was impossible to determine the exact state of the accounts, as between the partners, but that it was then known and understood that intestate was indebted to them in a large amount; and that they then filed a claim against his estate in the orphans’ court in Pennsylvania for $2,501.64, and that this amount was allowed them by that court. They also allege that, ■ upon a final settlement of the affairs of the…
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