Old Man's Home v. Fisher

Citations

• 252 Pa. 541
• 97 A. 734
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 656

Syllabus

<p>Decedents’ estates — Lien of decedents’ debts — Discharge of lien —Sale luithin two years after decedent’s death.</p> <p>The lien of a decedent’s debts not of record is not discharged by a sale of real estate of the decedent by a devisee, who is also executor, within two years after the death of the decedent, although the proceeds of such sale are included in th'e executor’s account which was confirmed by the Orphans’ Court; and the creditor is not thereby precluded from asserting his lien before the expiration of the two-year period.</p>