Runyan's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Columbia county. William Hendershot died in October, 1854, and letters of administration on his estate were granted to John D. Kunyan, the appellant.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Columbia county. William Hendershot died in October, 1854, and letters of administration on his estate were granted to John D. Kunyan, the appellant. An appraisement was had, and, at the instance of the widow, property to the amount of $300 was set apart for her, and returned to and’ approved by the Orphans’ Court, on the 4th December, 1854. On the 5th March, 1855, John Murray, the appellee, brought suit against the administrator on a note of the decedent under seal, dated the 6th September, 1848, for $75. The writ contained the date of the note. On the 3d…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Black, J.
The appellee was a creditor of William Hendershot, deceased. But the administrator of Hendershot, before he had notice of the appellee’s claim, caused an inventory and appraisement to be made of the decedent’s goods amounting to $300 for the use of the widow, under the Act of 14th April, 1851. This appraisement was duly certified, confirmed by the Orphans’ Court, and filed among the records.
We think that the confirmation of the appraisement was an adjudication of the property mentioned in the inventory to the widow.' It was conclusive against…
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