The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-27
ATTEMPT AT SETTLEMENT.


time, but the dispute with reference to tie
interest could not be amicaby adjusted. steps
wcro taken to bring the matter before the count
for adjudication. l also find from the evidence
that the money TO pay the legacy was deposited
in bank at the time the accountant offered to
pay it to the guardian. part Of it having been
advanced by the resi1uary lcgalse, but that it
was afterwards Withdrawn ard placed under tlir
control o: the accountant aud the residuary lcga-
tee.
The right o; lcgatcc 10 interest after one
year from the death of the te,tator. is fixed by
statute in this state Act eth February. 1884,
Sec 81.
This section OF that Act reads as Ipll ,ws:
''Legaces, ii no time be limited for the pay
ment thereof, shall, in all cases, be deemed 20 be
due and payable at the expiration o, year
from the death OF the testator''
Sc Rooms and Wrshts Ap, 1l3 Pa. G2l. II
the money had been rendered and then kept in
bank and not invested or made productive in any
way, should have no hesitation in holding that
the accountant was not liable for interest oil the
legacy to the children of Peter Goodwin, deceased.
but was said in Sprouts Ap., 105 Pa, page
An. "Thcrc is nothing TO show that the fund.
or any part OF it, has been kept in hand unin-
vested, for the purpose Of meeting the liability
in question. For aught that appears, ii has been
invested or otherwise productive all the while
In that case the court commented upon the
fact that the acrouni ant did not ask leave 10 nay
the money into court that it might be invc.;ed
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withdrawn from bank after the refusal OF Mr.
Brown to receive il at that tinc and there Is
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that any act upon the part o. the person 10
whom this money WAS payable, would stop tie
running Of interest thereon. which would not