Lupton v. Janney
Supreme Court of the United States
ON appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the county of Alexandria, in the district of Coluinhia. A hill was filed on-a subpoena, which had issued from the.Circuit Court on the fifth day of November, 1831; by Ann Lupton, thé splé devisee and legatee of David Lupton the younger,:for the purpose of surcharging and falsifying the accounts of the executor, Phineas -Janney, which had been settled, in thrée accounts rendered by him to and aÚo ed by the Orphans.
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ON appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the county of Alexandria, in the district of Coluinhia. A hill was filed on-a subpoena, which had issued from the.Circuit Court on the fifth day of November, 1831; by Ann Lupton, thé splé devisee and legatee of David Lupton the younger,:for the purpose of surcharging and falsifying the accounts of the executor, Phineas -Janney, which had been settled, in thrée accounts rendered by him to and aÚo ed by the Orphans. Court of Alexandria.. The first account .was rendered-and was settled on the 26th of October, 1816. The second account was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is a case of an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the county of Alexandria, dismissing a bill in equity brought by the appellant, Ann Lupton, the widow and devisee of the testator, David Lupton. The bill was first filed in June, 1833, although a subpoena was issued in November, 1831, and' it seeks to open the accounts of the administration, upon the allegation of certain errors' and omissions therein, as they were settled in three successive accounts of the executor, rendered ex parte, and allowed in thé Orphans Court of Alexandria, in October,-1816, in April, '1818, and in…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Ann Lupton v. Phineas Janney, of David Lupton, the Younger, DeceasedSupreme Court of the United States · 1839