Lewis v. Ewing
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court, Philadelphia. This was an action of indebitatus assumpsit brought by Jacob O. Ewing, administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of John Cook, deceased, against John T. Lewis, administrator cum testamento annexo of William W. Oooh, deceased.
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Error to the District Court, Philadelphia. This was an action of indebitatus assumpsit brought by Jacob O. Ewing, administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of John Cook, deceased, against John T. Lewis, administrator cum testamento annexo of William W. Oooh, deceased. The action was brought to recover the value of certain stocks originally belonging to John Cook, and -which William W. Cook, as administrator of his estate, without submitting an administration account on the estate of John Cook, had transferred to himself, he claiming them as the only heir to his father, the said John…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, was delivered by
Lewis, J.
W. W. Cook, administrator of John Cook, deceased, without otherwise administering, and without filing any administration account, transferred, as administrator, to his own use, a large amount of stock in different corporations, belonging to the estate. He then died, and Lewis, the plaintiff in error, became his administrator. It was discovered that John Cook had made a will, and Ewing became administrator de bonis non, &c., and brought the present action for the recovery of the assets thus converted.
It is provided by the 31st section of the…
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