Lamberton's Estate

Ladner, J.,

The Hon. Robert E. Lamberton was Sheriff of Philadelphia County from 1920 to 1923, inclusive. He died August 22,1941, leaving a will by which he appointed his wife executrix. At the audit of her account, the Commonwealth, by its Special Deputy Attorney General, made claim against his estate for the sum of $19,912.99, together with increment and interest earned thereon, alleging that the sum claimed had accumulated from unrefunded advance costs and proceeds of sales while decedent was sheriff. The Commonwealth claims this fund should be paid to it without escheat, pursuant to The…