Burd's Executors v. M'Gregor's Administrator
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county. This was a scire facias upon a transcript, certified from the Orphans’ Court of said county. This is the third time the case has been in the Supreme Court in some form. The first time as Hubley’s Appeal, 7 Harris, 188; the second time as Wm. M. Penrose’s Appeal. In 1814, John M£Gregor died intestate and unmarried, leaving as his heirs at law, Agnes Potter, Alexander M'Gregor, and Rose M£Gregor.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county. This was a scire facias upon a transcript, certified from the Orphans’ Court of said county. This is the third time the case has been in the Supreme Court in some form. The first time as Hubley’s Appeal, 7 Harris, 188; the second time as Wm. M. Penrose’s Appeal. In 1814, John M£Gregor died intestate and unmarried, leaving as his heirs at law, Agnes Potter, Alexander M'Gregor, and Rose M£Gregor. Letters of administration were issued by the register of Cumberland county, on John M'Gregor’s estate, to William Bard and Joseph Burd, on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered May 18, 1857, by
Lewis, J.
— On the 16th of May, 1821, Joseph Burd and William Bard, administrators of John M£Grregor, deceased, settled their account in the Orphans’ Court, and on the 26th May, 1821, that court confirmed their account, finding the sum of $6986.37 in their hands, which was ordered to be distributed according to law. On the 18th October, 1832, a transcript of this balance was filed in the Common Pleas of Cumberland county. On the 2d September, 1852, a scire facias issued at the suit of William M. Penrose, administrator of Rose M£Gregor,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Patterson v. NicholSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1837
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