Robinett's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia. This was an appeal by Allin Robinett, surviving partner and assignee of the firm of Robinett, Pollard & Co., from the decree of the court below upon the settlement of the accounts of Catharine Donnelly, administratrix of the estate of Philip C. Donnelly, deceased.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia. This was an appeal by Allin Robinett, surviving partner and assignee of the firm of Robinett, Pollard & Co., from the decree of the court below upon the settlement of the accounts of Catharine Donnelly, administratrix of the estate of Philip C. Donnelly, deceased. Catharine Donnelly, the accountant, was entitled under the will of her father, John Gavin, deceased, to a share of his estate; and, on the 10th December 1881, her husband, Philip 0. Donnelly, being then insolvent, and indebted to the firm of Robinett, Pollard & Co., in the sum of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
The first question that naturally arises upon this record, has reference to the $500 received by Philip Donnelly, the intestate, which came to his wife under the will of John Gavin, her father.
The auditor, considering that Donnelly had reduced this sum into possession during coverture, treated it as part of his estate, which, at his death, went into his wife’s hands, as his administratrix, and for which, therefore, she should be held to account.
The Orphans’ Court reversed the auditor, on the ground that Donnelly had, on the 10th of December…
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