Appeals of Gray
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nos. 26 and 27 July Term 1886, Supt. Ct. These cases were appeals from the court below by Alexander Gray, Jr., who was administrator c. t. a. of the estate of Alexander Gray, Sr., deceased.
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Nos. 26 and 27 July Term 1886, Supt. Ct. These cases were appeals from the court below by Alexander Gray, Jr., who was administrator c. t. a. of the estate of Alexander Gray, Sr., deceased. In the auditing of the account of said administrator, whose letters were ancillary to letters testamentary upon the estate of the same decedent granted in New Jersey, the Orphans’ Court of Luzerne county surcharged the accountant with a certain fund, to wit, $11,624.89. This fund having been thus surcharged, was awarded to said Joseph Brown upon a claim against the estate adjudicated in his favor, against…
1Opinion of the Court
gray’s appeal, no. 26.
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Trunkey:
Alexander Gray, a resident in the state of New Jersey, died April 6, 1873, testate, and in the saíne month his will was probated and letters testamentary issued to John Gray and Alexander Gray, Jr. His widow and nearly all his legatees then resided, and now reside, in New Jersey. At the time of his death debts were owing to him by persons living in Pennsylvania, and in April, 1874, ancillary letters of administration were granted to Alexander Gray, Jr., by the register of Luzerne county.
John Brown, a son-in-law of the decedent, was his partner…
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