Roberts's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, Nos. 105-109, inclusive. Appeals of George B. Roberts and William M. Spackman, two of the trustees under the will of John Edgar Thomson, deceased, and of the same persons and the Philadelphia Trust Company, administrators c. t. a. of the estate of said d.cedent from the decree of said court.
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Appeals from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, Nos. 105-109, inclusive. Appeals of George B. Roberts and William M. Spackman, two of the trustees under the will of John Edgar Thomson, deceased, and of the same persons and the Philadelphia Trust Company, administrators c. t. a. of the estate of said d.cedent from the decree of said court. John Edgar Thomson, by his will dated December 20th 1871, provided as- follows: “ I give and bequeath all of my real and personal estate, except household furniture, to Lavinia F. Thomson, George B. Roberts and William M.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sharswood
This is an appeal by the administrators of the estate and the trustees under the will of John Edgar Thomson from a decree of the Orphans’ Court on the settlement of the account of the administrators of his estate. The appellants adopted the novel practice of entering five appeals — a separate appeal for each claim on *419the estate with the decision of which they were dissatisfied. It was not only novel but dangerous. The same party is clearly entitled to but one appeal from the same decree. Upon the assignment of his errors, he is conclusively presumed to have no other ground of complaint…
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