Larrison's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from- the Orphans’ Court of. Tioga county. This was an appeal by Jacob Larrison and others, heirs at law of Theodoras Larrison, deceased, from the decree of the court below, confirming the account of O. B. Wells, administrator of the said Theodoras Larrison. Theodoras Larrison died on the 5th March 1857, and on the 1st June 1858, the executors named in his will having renounced, administration of his estate was granted to O. B. Wells.
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Appeal from- the Orphans’ Court of. Tioga county. This was an appeal by Jacob Larrison and others, heirs at law of Theodoras Larrison, deceased, from the decree of the court below, confirming the account of O. B. Wells, administrator of the said Theodoras Larrison. Theodoras Larrison died on the 5th March 1857, and on the 1st June 1858, the executors named in his will having renounced, administration of his estate was granted to O. B. Wells. The widow, Delighty Larrison, déclined to take under the will, and claimed her share of the estate under the intestate laws. The administrator filed an…
1Per curiam
The widow is entitled to claim from the administrator of her deceased husband, as against his creditors, $300 worth of real or personal property; and we think that this term properly includes evidences of debt, when they are the only property left by the decedent. She may therefore claim the amount out of their proceeds.* And why appraise such property ? Surely only to ascertain its value in money. But to appraise money is *131only to count it. An officer may find only money to levy on, and surely, if exemption applied to that, an appraisement would not be needed, for counting answers all the…
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