Aston's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL. This case came before the Court on an appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of the county of Philadelphia, in the matter of the accounts of Zaccheus Collins, surviving executor of the will of George Aston, deceased, as exhibited by Daniel Parker, administrator of the goods, &c. of the said Zaccheus Collins.
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APPEAL. This case came before the Court on an appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of the county of Philadelphia, in the matter of the accounts of Zaccheus Collins, surviving executor of the will of George Aston, deceased, as exhibited by Daniel Parker, administrator of the goods, &c. of the said Zaccheus Collins. An appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of Philadelphia, in the matter of the accounts of Daniel Parker, administrator of Zaccheus Collins, deceased, who was trustee of George Aston, a minor, under the will of the said George Aston,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
On the appeal from the Orphans’ Court, the attention of this Court has been particularly directed to the second exception, the first having been abandoned by the counsel. This exception refers to the allowance of the sum of $1,055 67 cents with the interest. Thomas Savery having settled his administration account on the estate of George Aston, a balance of $1,537 72 was decreed in his favour. No appeal was taken *239from this decree, and it became a debt owing by the estate of Aston, to the accounting executor; and on his death was assets in the…
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