Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1901

Haly's Estate

Haly's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Decided January 22, 1901 · Beaver, Orlady, Porter, Rice
16 Pa. Super. 70; 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 18

Haly's Estate

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Orlady, J.,

It is conceded that the administrator of this decedent did not have authority to collect the rents of the real estate which was devised to the children. By virtue of an agreement with these children the administrator as their agent took charge of the real estate and accounted for all the rents received. The whole fund is before the court for distribution and subject to the charges which produced it. The claim of the counsel who represented the estate of the deceased administrator is a very reasonable one, and is for services which were of advantage to his client, but the estate now being adjudicated is not liable for his demand, as the services were not rendered under the direction of the accountant nor for any one authorized to bind the estate. The reasons given for the decree of the orphans’ court are free from error and it is affirmed.

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