McCartney's Estate

Opinion by

Trexler, J.,

Mary McCartney died January 3,1917, leaving to survive her a husband and two sons. Her estate consisted of a mortgage of $1,100. Her husband, John McCartney, administered upon her estate. He received a check for the amount above stated which he immediately endorsed as administrator and handed it to C. L. Stevenson, who was his attorney and he in turn deposited the check in his own account in the Commonwealth Trust' Company of Pittsburgh. The two sons severally executed releases to their father in which they acknowledged the receipt of their full share of their mother’s…