Ramsey's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the decree of the orphan’s court of Cumberland county. William Ramsey died seised of real estate in Cumberland county, and also in Perry county, and of personal estate; all of which was sold by the administrator: and the orphan’s court appointed auditors to marshal and distribute the same among his creditors, whose debts were of all grades.
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APPEAL from the decree of the orphan’s court of Cumberland county. William Ramsey died seised of real estate in Cumberland county, and also in Perry county, and of personal estate; all of which was sold by the administrator: and the orphan’s court appointed auditors to marshal and distribute the same among his creditors, whose debts were of all grades. The first question that arose was, whether lien creditors were entitled to recover interest on their claims until the return of the sale of the real estate; or until the decree of payment was made. The court below (Reed, president) determined…
1Opinion of the Court
*73The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
—The questions presented to the court arise out of exceptions to the decree of the orphan’s court of Cumberland county, liquidating a nd marshalling the assets of the estate of William Ramsey deceased, in the hands of John Harper, Esq., his administrator, to and amongst the creditors of the estate.
The first exception is, that the court erred in ordering interest on the judgment in favour of the commonwealth and against the decedent to be calculated only to the return day of the order, &c., viz. until the 5th of September 1832. A sale, under…
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