Slaymaker v. Farmers' National Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county : Of January Term 1883, No. 174. Assumpsit, by Amos Slaymaker, executor of J ames L. Reynolds, deceased, who-was administrator of William Mathiot, deceased, against the Farmers’ National Bank of Lancaster, to recover the sum of $770.76, alleged to be a balance of deposits in said bank .to the credit of “James L. Reynolds, administrator of William Mathiot, deceased.” Pleas, non-assumpsit, payment with leave, and set-off.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county : Of January Term 1883, No. 174. Assumpsit, by Amos Slaymaker, executor of J ames L. Reynolds, deceased, who-was administrator of William Mathiot, deceased, against the Farmers’ National Bank of Lancaster, to recover the sum of $770.76, alleged to be a balance of deposits in said bank .to the credit of “James L. Reynolds, administrator of William Mathiot, deceased.” Pleas, non-assumpsit, payment with leave, and set-off. On the trial, before Livingston, P. J., the plaintiff’s evidence showed the following facts: On March 27th 1854, letters…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Tkunkey
Administrators de bonis non have power to recover from their predecessors, or their legal representatives, all moneys, goods and assets remaining in their hands, due and belonging to the estate of the decedent; to prosecute actions upon promises made to such predecessors in their representative character; to sue forth and defend writs of error, or of scire facias, or of execution upon judgments obtained in the name of. their predecessors, and to. proceed with unexecuted executions for collection of such judgments: provided, that in any suit for the recovery of money, goods or assets,…
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