Bowman v. Knorr
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Bowman v. Knorr, 206 Pa. 272 (Pa. 1903)
55 A. 976; 1903 Pa. LEXIS 697
Brown, Dean, Fell, Mesteezat, Mitchell
Bowman v. Knorr
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The appellant is the assignee of a judgment obtained on an action against an executrix which was commenced more than five years after the death of the decedent. As the debt was not a lien on the real estate from the sale of which the fund arose, the auditor was right in disallowing the claim.
The decree confirming the auditor’s report on this subject is affirmed.
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- Decedent's estates — Judgment lien — Real estate — Distribution of proceeds of sale. A judgment obtained on an action against an executrix begun more than five years after the death of the decedent is not a lien on the decedent’s real estate, and is therefore not entitled to participate in the distribution of a fund arising from the sale of such real estate.