Appeal of Mumma

Citations

• 127 Pa. 474
• 24 W.N.C. 297
• 18 A. 6
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 1141

Syllabus

<p>[To be reported.]</p> <p>1. The administrator of an insolvent decedent has the right to collect and administer the assets of the estate, and neither creditors nor heirs can be heard to object to credits taken in an account for incident and necessary expenses, except on the ground that the credits are excessive.</p> <p>2. An agreement in good faith by an administrator of an insolvent decedent to allow to an attorney a contingent collection fee of 50 per cent, is not necessarily invalid as against decedent’s creditors; they can object to it only if unreasonable and in fraud of their rights.</p> <p>3. Whether, under § 33, act of June 13, 1836, P. L. 548, a poor district which has supported a poor person, can maintain a claim in the Orphans’ Court for reimbursement out of dioses in action falling due after his death and collected by his administrator, not decided.</p>