In re Seichrist
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
From the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county. May 12. — Jacob Seichrist died in 1839, and appellants were appointed his administrators, and filed an inventory of the goods, &c., valued at $9745. In 1840, they filed “ an account of Sener and Bower, administrators, &c.”
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From the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster county. May 12. — Jacob Seichrist died in 1839, and appellants were appointed his administrators, and filed an inventory of the goods, &c., valued at $9745. In 1840, they filed “ an account of Sener and Bower, administrators, &c.” They charged themselves with the inventory, including two bonds, with interest, one of which was, by George Hecker, for $2200. They also charged themselves with “ cash received on the sale of the real estate of said deceased, $9218,” showing a total of $19,913, and claiming various credits, including a charge for “ settling the…
1Opinion of the Court
Per. Curiam.
— The time has been when there was a simple and very convenient system of practice in the settlement of administration accounts; but it has so long gone by, that the present generation of lawyers and judges seem to be uninformed of it, and in its place we have nothing but confusion. If an account was intended to comprise the whole administration, it was called the administration account of the estate, in general terms; and the court, in confirming it, decreed that there was so much (naming the sum) in the hands of the accountant, subject to distribution according to law, or to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shenck's Administration AccountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
- Downing's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836