Reel's Estate

Citations

• 263 Pa. 248
• 106 A. 227
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 410

Syllabus

<p>Decedents’ estates — Debts—Assets—Bents of real estate — Section Ilf, Fiduciaries Act, June 7,1917. P. L. Wl. •</p> <p>1. Section 14 of the Fiduciaries Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 447, declaring rents of real estate accruing after the death of the owner, assets for the payment of debts of the decedent when the personal estate is insufficient, being designed to correct the injustice to creditors or deceased owners of real estate which existed before its passage, should be given a liberal construction to give effect to that purpose.</p> <p>2. Under the Fiduciaries Act making rents of real estate assets for the payment of debts of a decedent, the personal representative has authority not only to collect rents accruing under leases made by the decedent but also to collect rents from real estate which was not under lease at the time of the decedent’s death.</p>